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are accuracy and completeness. The preparation of this 
work has involved an examination of a multitude of dis- 
tinct, original and amendatory acts contained in the 
statutes and session laws of the fifty-nine States, Terri- 
tories and Provinces here represented. The labor of 
compilation has been largely increased by the often care- 
less and sometimes seemingly contradictory nature of the 
legislation. The Brief as it appears to-day is the result of 
a painstaking and conscientious endeavor to furnish an 
accurate and reliable compendium. 

The Game Lazes in Brief is believed to be correct and 
complete within the conditions printed on Page 3. I will 
reward any person first advising me of any error that 
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in the Briefs prescribing game and fish seasons of any 
State or Territory, is not the general law in force at the 
time of this revision, I will give $5. 

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A Digest of the Statutes of the United States and 
Canada Governing the Taking of Game and Fish 



Compiled from Original and Official Sources, for 
the Practical Guidance of Sportsmen and Anglers 

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THE GAME LAWS IN BRIEF 
UNITED STATES and CANADA. 

This edition is revised to the date of index on the last 
page. Any change in a law^ as it is printed in the body 
of the book, is noted in the index ^ ^ ^ ^ 

ly ALWAYS CONSULT THE INDEX. 



The purpose of the **Game Laws in Briefs is to gfive the 
provisions which relate to seasons for fish and game, the limita- 
tions as to size or number, transportation, non-resident require- 
ments, and oth^r restrictions, for the practical guidance of sports- 
men and anglers as to shooting and fishing ^ ^ jt 

Method. — The sections are printed in abstract; but better to insure accuracy, the 

language is that of the original. 
"Kill," "catch," or other term, takes the place of the more comprehensive formula 

of the statute — "catch, kill, injure or destroy, or pursue with such intent," etc. 
The Laws are general. — Local laws obtain in certain States. 
The date of enactment given is of the original statute, but the text is given 

here as amended to the date printed on last page facing back cover. 
If no close season is named for a species the law prescribes none. 
Possession is always unlawful in close season, except that some States allow from 

three days to one month after the season closes. 
Netting game fish or catching by drugs, explosives, dams, or any mode other 

than angling with hook and line, is forbidden. 
Birds other than game (except of prey) are protected at all times. 
Nests and eggs of all birds (except of prey) are protected. 
Night shooting is generally prohibited. 
Netting or snaring game birds or killing by any mode other than shooting 

is forbidden. 



GAME LAWS IN BRIEF. 



WILD BIRDS PROTECTED. 

Generally throughout the United States and Canada all wild birds, 
whether land or water, are protected at all times, except 

A — Birds for which specifically seasons are prescribed in the game 
laws; 

B — The following species in the several States and Provinces named, 
which may be killed at any time. 

ALABAMA. — English and European house sparrow, Cooper's hawk, 
chicken hawk and all members of the hawk family, owls and crows. 

CALIFORNIA. — Eng-lish or European house sparrow, great horned owl, 
sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper's hawk, duck hawk, butcher bird, bluejay, 
house finsh (California linnet.) 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. — English sparrow. 

FLORIDA. — English sparrow, sharp-shinned hawk (little blue darter). 
Cooper's hawk (big blue darter), great horned own, crow, rice bird, meadow 
lark, jackdaw, butcher bird. 

GEORGIA. — English sparrows, owls, hawks, eagles, crows, rice birds. 

IDAHO. — English sparrow, magpie, bee bird. 

ILLINOIS. — English sparrow, crow, crow blackbird, chicken hawk, other 
hawks, bluejay. 

INDIANA. — English or European house sparrows, crows, hawks, other 
birds of prey. 

IO\VA. — Bluejay, English sparrow. 

KANSAS. — Owner of orchard may kill depredating orioles. 

MAINE. — English or European house sparrow, common crow, hawks and 
owls. 

MARYLAND. — Hawk or other bird destructive to domestic poultry, Eng- 
lish sparrow, crow, blackbird. 

MASSACHUSETTS. — English sparrows, crow blackbirds, crows, jays, 
sharp-shinned hawk. Cooper's hawk, goshawk, red-tailed hawk, red- 
shouldered hawk, duck hawk, pigeon hawk, barred owl, great horned owl 
and snowy owl, wild geese and fresh-water and sea fowl not named in the 
game law. 

MICHIGAN. — English sparrows, blackbirds, crows, Cooper'g hawks, sharp- 
shinned hawks, great horned owls. 

MINNESOTA. — Blackbirds, crows. Englisli sparrows, sharp-shinned 
hawks. Cooper's hawks, great horned owls. 

MISSOURI. — English or European house sparrow, goshawk, Cooper's 
haw.k, sharp-shinned hawK, great horned owl, crow, crow blackbird (bronzed 
crackle). 

NEBRASKA. — Hawks and owls (if killed on one's own premises.) 

NEAV BRUNSWICK. — Crows, blackbirds, English sparrows. 

NEW HAMPSHIRE. — English or European house sparrow (Passer do- 
mesticus), crows, hawks. 

NEW JERSEY. — English or European house sparrow (Passer domesticus), 
blackbirds, crows, goshawk. Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, duck 
hawk, great horned owl. 

NEW YORK. — English sparrow, crow, hawk, crow blackbird, snow owl, 
great horned owl, king fisher. 

NORTH CAROLINA. — English or European house sparrow, owls, hawks, 
crows, rice birds, blackbirds, jackdaws. 

For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

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NORTH DAKOTA. — Blackbirds, crows, English sparrows, sharp-shinned 
hawks, Cooper's hawks, g-reat horned owls. 

OHIO. — Chicken hawk, blue hawk. Cooper's hawk, sharp-shiiined hawk, 
crow, g-reat horned owl, English sparrow. (Also blackbirds when a 
nuisance.) 

ONTARIO — Hawks, crows, blackbirds, English sparrows. 

OREGON. — Crows, bkiejays. horned owls, butcher birds (North American 
shrike), magpies. 

PENNSYLVANIA — Bluejay, English sparrow, European starling, king- 
fisher, shrike, eagle, buzzard, osprey, sharp-shinned hawk. Cooper's hawk, 
goshawk, duck hawk, pigeon hawk, great horned owl, barred owl, crane, 
lieron, bittern, crow, and raven. 

RHODE ISLAND. — English sparrows, hawks (except fish haw.ks), owls, 
crows, crow blackbirds. 

SOUTH CAROLINA. — English sparrow. Cooper's hawk, duck hawk, sharp- 
shinned owl, great horned owl, and all other birds which are by nature 
destructive of other birds. 

TENNESSEE. — Bull bat, English or European sparrow, great horned 
owl, sharp-shinned owl (little blue darter, blue tail). Cooper's hawk (big 
blue darter, blue tail), crow, crow blackbird, turkey buzzard. 

TEXAS. — English or European house sparrow, hawks, crows, buzzards, 
blackbirds, rice birds, owls. 

UTAH. — English sparrow, blackbird, blue heron, bittern, squak, magpie, 
king fisher. 

VIRGINIA. — English sparrow, owls, hawk, eagle, crow, blackbird, rice 
bird, Wilson or English snipe, robin snipe, doves. 

WASHINGTON. — English, or European house sparrow, jays, magpies, 
chicken hawks. 

WISCONSIN. — English or European house sparrow (Passer domesticus), 
American crow (Corvus americanus), sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter velox). 
Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii), owls (Ulula cimera), blackbirds. 

WYOMING. — English sparrow, magpie, sharp-shinned hawk. Cooper's 
hawk, goshawk, duck haw.k, golden or brown eagle, king fisher, blue heron. 



FISH UNDER LAWFUL SIZE. 

In all cases where a limit of .size is fixed for fish, any fish hooked 
under that size must, immediatelj' and with as little injury as possible, 
be returned to the water. 

NIGHT SHOOTING. 

Shooting game animals or birds at night, or with the aid of any arti- 
ficial light, is prohibited. 

NETTING, SNARING. 
The taking of game animals or game birds by nets, snares, or any 
device other than by shooting with a gun which is held to the shoulder, 
is forbidden. 

NESTS AND EGGS. 
It is forbidden to take or disturb the nests or eggs of any wild birds 
except of the outlawed species named in the foregoing schedule. In most 
States, non-game birds and their nests and eggs may be taken for scien- 
tific purposes, or certificate granted by the game commissioner. 

TRESPASS. 
It is generally forbidden to enter on lands for shooting or fishing 
without first having secured from the owner permission so to do. In 
many States written permission of the landowner is required. 

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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF. 



SUNDAY SHOOTING AND FISHING. 

Following are the sections, extracted from Codes and Public Statutes, 
which relate to shooting and fishing on Sunday: 

ALABAMA. — Sec. 5542. Any person . . . who eng-ages in shooting, 
liunting-, ... on that day, must, for the first offense, be fined. 

ARKANSAS. — Sec. 203S. If any person shall be found hunting with a gun 
with intention to kill g-ame, or sliooting for amusement, on the Sabbath 
day, on conviction thereof, he shall be fined. 

CONNECTICUT. — Sec. 1369. Every person who shall . . . engage in 
any sport between twelve o'clock Saturday night and twelve o'clock Sun- 
day night, shall be fined. Sec. 3132. No person shall on Sunday shoot or 
hunt, or have in possession in the open air the implements for shooting'. 

DEIjAAVARE. — If any person shall be guilty of fishing', fowling', horse- 
racing, cock-fighting, or hunting g'ame on the Sabbath day, he shall be 
fined four dollars. 

FLORIDA. — Sec. 2641. Whoever uses firearms by hunting game or firing 
at targets upon Sunday shall be punished. 

GEORGIA. — Sec. 423 (4580). Any person who shall hunt any kind of 
game with g'un or dogs or both, on the Sabbath day, sliall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor. 

INDIANA. — Sec. 2086. Whoever, being over fourteen years of age, is 
found, on Sunday, rioting, liunting, fishing-, quarreling-, at common labor, 
or engag-ed in his usual occupation, shall be fined. 

IOWA. — If any person be found on the Sabbath, engaged in any riot, 
fighting, or offering to fight, or hunting', shooting-, carrying firearms, fishing:, 
horse-racing-, dancing', . . . every person so offending shall, on convic- 
tion, be fined. 

KANSAS. — Sec. 2439. Every person who shall eng'age in hunting or shoot- 
ing on Sunday shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 

KENTUCKY. — Sec. 1323. If any person shall hunt game, with a gun or 
dogs, on the Sabbath, he shall be fined. 

MAINE. — Chap. 30, Sec. 27. Sunday is a close time, on which it is not 
lawful to hunt, kill or destroy g'ame or birds of any kind. 

MARYLAND. — Chap. 273. No person whatsoever shall hunt with dog or 
gun on Sunday, nor shall profane the Lord's day by gunning, hunting, 
fowling', or by shooting or exploding any g'un, pistol or firearm of any kind, 
or by any other unlawful recreation or pastime. 

MASSACHUSETTS Sec. 12. Whoever, on the Lord's day, discharges any 

fiiearm for sport or in the pursuit of game, or attempts to take or catcli 
any fish by using a hook, line, net, spear or other implement, shall be 
punished. 

MINNESOTA. — Sec. 6183. All shooting, hunting, fishing: . . . upon 
the first day of the week, and all noise disturbing the peace of the day 
are prohibited. 

MISSISSIPPI. — Sec. 1294. If any person shall hunt with a gun or with 
dogs, or fish in any way on Sunday, he shall, on conviction, be fined. 

MISSOURI. — Sec. 2240. Every person who . . . shall be guilty of 
hunting game or shooting on Sunday shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor. 

NEBRASKA. — If any person of the age of fourteen years or upward 
shall be found on Sunday, sporting, rioting, quarreling, hunting, fishing, or 
shooting, he or she shall be fined. 

NEVADA.— No person shall . . . engage in any noisy amusement on 
the first day of the week, commonly cnlled Lord's day. 

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NEW HAMPSHIRE. — No person shall, on the Lord's day, discharge any 
firearms for sport, or in the pursuit of g-ame, nor carry a firearm in a field, 
hig-hway or private way, while in pursuit of game or with intent to dis- 
cliarge the same in sport. 

NEW JERSEY Sec. 1. That no traveling- . . . nor shooting, fishing. 

sporting, hunting, gunning . . . nor any other kind of playing, sports, 
pastimes, or diversions, shall be done, performed, used or practiced, by any 
person or persons within this State on Sunday. 

NEW YORK. — Penal Code, Sec. 265. All shooting, hunting, fishing, play- 
ing, horse-racing, gaming or other public sports, exercises or shows upon 
the first day of the week and all noise disturbing the peace of the day, are 
prohibited. 

NORTH CAROLINA. — Sec. 111.5. If any perspn whosoever shall be known 
to hunt on Sunday, with a dog or dogs, or shall be found off his own lands 
on Sunday, having a shotgun, rifle or pistol, every person so offending shall 
1)6 sub.iect to indictment. Sec. 3782. On the Lord's day, no person shall, 
upon land or water, . . . employ himself in hunting, fishing, or fowling, 
nor use any game, sport or play. 

NORTH DAKOTA. — Sec. 6S43. All shooting, sporting, horse-racing, gam- 
ing or other pubMc sports, upon the first day of the week, are prohibited. 

OHIO. — Sec. 7032. Whoever, being over fourteen years of age, engages in 
sporting, rioting, quarreling, hunting, fishing, or shooting, on Sunday, shall 
be fined. 

OKLAHOMA. — All shooting, sporting, . . . upon the first day of the 
week are prohibited. 

PENNSYLVANIA. — Act June 3. 1878. — Sec. 17. There shall be no hunt- 
ing or shooting or fishing on Sunday. Act of 1897. — Sec. 1. There shall be 
no hunting or shooting on Sunday. 

RHODE ISLAND. — Sec. 17. Every person who shall . . use any 

game, sport, play or recreation on the first day of the week shall be fined. 
Chap. 92. — Sec. 3. All persons except those in military service are forbidden 
to discharge firearms on the Sabbath. 

SOUTH CAROLINA. — Sec. 502. No public sports or pastimes, or bear- 
baiting, bull-fighting, foot-ball playing, horse-racing, interludes or com- 
mon plays or other games, exercises, sports or pastimes whatsoever shall 
be used on the Lord's day by any person or persons whatsoever. 

SOUTH DAKOTA. — Sec. 45. All shooting, sporting, horse-racing, gaming 
or other public sports, upon the first day of the week, are proliibited. 

TENNESSEE. — Sec. 3031. Any person who shall hunt, fish or play at any 
game of sport, or be drunk on Sunday, as aforesaid, shall be liable to the 
same penalties as those who work on the Sabbath. 

TEX.-VS. — Sec. 196. Any person who shall . . . hunt game of any 
kind whatsoever on Sunday within one-half mile of any church, schoo!- 
liouse or private residence, shall be fined. 

VERMONT. — Sec. 5142. A person who hunts, shoots or pursues, takes or 
kills wild game or other birds or animals, or discharges firearms, except 
in the just defense of person or property or in the performance of military 
or police duty on Sunday, shall be fined. 

VIRGINIA. — [See Sunday section in Virginia game law.] 

WEST VIRGINIA. — Any person found hunting, shooting, or carrying fire- 
arms on the Sabbath day, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

WISCONSIN. — Sec. 4595. Any person who shall take part in any sport, 
game or play on the first day of the week, shall be punished by fine. 
For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

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MAINE. 

Revised Statutes, Chapter 32, as Amended 1»11. 
Fish Seasons. — Sec. 1 [as amended 1909]. There shall be an annual close 
time for landlocked salmon, trout, togue and white perch, as follows: For 
landlocked salmon, trout and togue, from the 1st day of October until the 
ice is out of the pond, lake or river fished in, the following' spring of each 
year except on the Saint Croix River and its tributaries and on all the waters 
of Kennebec county, in which the close time shall be from the 15th day of 
September until the ice is out of the ponds and lakes the following spring, 
and except Sebago Lake and Long Pond, in Cumberland county, on which 
the close time shall be from Oct. 1 to April 1; but for white perch the 
close time shall be from the 1st day of April to the 1st day of July; no 
person shall take any landlocked salmon, trout, togue or white perch in 
close time. Chap. 90, Laws 1909. — Sec. 8. The close time on all streams in 
Franklin county shall be from Oct. 1 until the ice is out of the stream 
fished in the spring. 

Ice Fishlnft-. — Chap. 32. — Sec. 1. During February, March and April, 
citizens of the State may take landlocked salmon, trout, and togue, with 
not more than five set lines for each family, when fishing through the ice 
in the day time. 

[Lengrth of Fish AVhioh May Be Caught. — Sec. 48. Landlocked salmon, 12 
inches; black bass, 10 inches; white perch, 6 inches.] 

Transportation of Fish. — Sec. 28 [as revised 1911]. No trout, togue, 
landlocked salmon, white perch or black bass shall be transported in any 
way except in the possession of the owner, accompanied by him, plainly 
labeled with the owner's name and address, and open to view; except any 
resident of this State who has lawfully in his possession one trout, one 
togue, one landlocked salmon or one wliite perch, or one black bass, or 10 
pounds of either kind of these fish, * * * may send the same anywhere 
in this State without acomfianying the same, by purchasing of the duly 
constituted agent therefor a tag, paying for a trout, togue, landlocked 
salmon or black bass, $1 for each, or for each 10 pounds of the same, and 
50 cents for one white perch or 10 pounds of the same. * * * Any person 
not a bona fide resident of this State and actually domiciled therein who 
has lawfully in his possession one trout, one togue, one landlocked salmon, 
or one white perch, or one black bass, or 10 pounds of either kind of these 
fish, * * * may transport the same to his home or to any hospital in 
this State without accompanying the shipment, by purchasing of the duly 
constituted agent therefor a tag, paying for a trout, togue, landlocked 
salmon or Islack bass, .$1 for each, or $1 for each 10 pounds of the same, and 
50 cents for one white perch or 10 pounds of the same. * * * No person 
shall send more than one box of fish once in thirty days. 

iia^vful Cateli; Transportation. — Sec. 3 [as amended 1911]. It shall be un- 
lawful for any person to take, or have in possession in any one day more 
than 15 povinds of landlocked salmon, trout, togue or white perch (unless 
an individual fish so taken exceeds 15 pounds in weight) or more than 
forty fish in all. No person shall transport more than 15 pounds of land- 
locked salmon, trout, togue or white perch in all at any one time, nor shall 
any corporation transport more than 15 pounds in all, of trout, togue, land- 
locked salmon, or white perch at one time as the property of any one 
person, but nothing herein contained shall prevent any person or corpora- 
tion from transporting one fish weighing more than 15 pounds; nor shall 
any such be transported except in the possession of the owner thereof, 
plainly labeled thereon with the owner's name and residence, except as is 
provided in Section 28. 

For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

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Prohibited Devices. — Sec. 2. Whoever fishes for, takes, catches, kills, or 
destroys any flsh, with fish spawn or grapnel, spear, trawl, weir, seine, 
trap, or set lines, except when fishing- through the ice, and then with not 
more than five set lines in the day time, or with any device, or in any 
other way than by the ordinary mode of ang-ling- with sing-le baited hooks 
and lines, artificial flies, artificial minnows, artificial insects, spoon hooks 
and spinners, so-called, shall be fined. Chap. 153, P. L. 1911. — Sec. 1. It 
shall be unlawful for any person to use while fishing- at any time for any 
kind of fish any device known as a gang hook or any lure or bait for fish 
containing more than one hook, except it shall be lawful to use a top hook, 
so called, or a gill hook, so-called, and also artificial flies when in the ordi- 
nary way of casting with flies or fly fishing, so-called. 

[Chap. 181, Laws 1907, forbids use of more than two lines, except in ice 
fishing.] 

[Special Local Laws obtain in many waters.] 

Sunday. — Sec. 21. Sunday is a close time, on which it is not lawful to 
hunt, kill, or destroy game or birds of any kind. 

Caribou. — Close time on caribou for six years from Oct. 15, 1911. 

Moose. — Sec. 16 [as amended 1907]. No person shall at any time kill 
any cow or calf moose. These animals are calves until they are at least 
one year old, and have at least two prongs or tines not less than three 
inches long to each of their horns. No person shall, between the 1st day 
of December and the 15th day of October kill any bull moose, and no person 
shall, between Oct. 15 and Dec. 1 kill more than one bull moose. [Protected 
to 1913 in Mt. Desert, Tremont, South West Harbor and Eden.] 

Deer. — Sec. 17 [as amended 1905]. No person shall kill any deer between 
Dec. 15 and Oct. 1 next following; no person shall between Oct. 1 and Dec. 
15 next following kill more than two deer. Sec. 18. No person shall at 
any time hunt or destroy, with dogs, jack lights, artificial lights, snares, 
or traps, any moose, deer or caribou. 

Transportation of Moose and Deer. — Sec. 25. No person or corporation 
shall carry or transport from place to place any moose, or deer, or part 
thereof, in close time, nor in open time unless open to view, tagged, and 
plainly labeled -with the name and residence of the owner thereof, and ac- 
companied by him; but nothing herein shall apply to the transportation 
of moose or deer when such game is lawfully tagged in accordance with 
the provisions of Section 28. Whoever lawfully kills a bull moose, shall, 
while the same, or any part thereof, is being transported preserve and 
transport it, with the evidence on the moose of the sex of the same. 

Rabbits. — Sections 12 and 13 [as amended 1909]. There shall be a close 
time on wild hares or rabbits in which it shall be unlawful to hunt them 
during the months of April, May, June, July and August of each year. 

Squirrels. — There shall be an annual close time for gray squirrels, in 
which it shall be unlawful to kill them from the 1st day of November of 
each year to the 1st day of September of the following year. 

Silencer. — Chap. 129, P. L., 1909. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any 
person to use or have in his possession, any gun, pistol or other firearm, 
fitted or contrived with any device for deadening the sound of explosion. 

Non-Residents Must E^mploy Guides. — Sec. 20. Non-residents of the State 
shall not enter upon the wild lands of the State and camp or kindle fires 
thereon while engaged in hunting or fishing, without being in charge of a 
registered guide, during the months of May, June, July, August, September, 
October and November, and no registered guide shall, at the same time, 
guide, or be employed by, more than five non-residents in hunting. 

For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

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Giiiue Birds. — Sec. 7, Chap. 32. R. S. [as amended 1907]. There shall be 
for game birds an annual close time in which it shall be unlawful to kill 
or have them in possession, as follows: For dusky ducks, commonly called 
black duck, teal, and any and all ducks known as gadwall or gray duck, 
mallard, widgeon or baldpate, shoveler, pintail or sprigtail, redhead, scaup 
duck or greater bluebill, lesser scaup duck or lesser bluebi'l. golden eye 
or whistler, bufflehead, ruddy duck or broadbill, from the 1st day of Janu- 
ary to the 1st day of the following September. 

AVood Diieks. — Chap. 166, P. L., 1911. — Sec. 1. It shall be. unlawful to kill 
any wood duck, so-called, for a period of four years from July 1, 1911. 

Kider Diieks. — Chap. 66, P. L,., 1911. — Sec. 1. No person shall kill any 
eider duck, commonly called sea duck, from the 1st day of February to 1st 
day of the following October. 

Partridge, AVoodoook, Plover, Snipe und Sandpipers. — Chap. 32, Sec. 7, 
R. S. [as amended 1911]. The close time for ruffed grouse, commonly 
called partridge, and woodcock is from tlie 1st day of December to Sept. 
15 next following of each year; for plover, snipe and sandpipers, from tlie 
1st day of December to the 1st day of August of each year; and it sha!l 
be unlawful to kill at any time any quail. No person shall, in any one day, 
kill or have in possession more than fifteen of each variety of the above- 
named birds [ducks, plover, snipe and sandpipers], except sandpipers, the 
number of which shall not exceed seventy in any one day. during the re- 
spective open season for each; nor shall any person at any time kill or have 
in possession any ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, woodcock, 
wood duck, dusky duck, common'y called black duck, teal, and any and all 
ducks known as gadwall or gray duck, mallard, widgeon, or baldpate, 
shoveler, pintail or sprigtail, redhead, scaup duck or greater bluebilll, lesser 
scaup duck or lesser bluebill, golden eye or whistler, bufflehead, ruddy duck 
or broadbill, except for his own consumption within this State, except as 
hereinafter provided, * * » nor shall any person carry or transport from 
place to place any of the birds mentioned in this section in close time, nor 
in open season unless open to view, tagged and plainly labeled with the 
owner's name and residence and accompanied by him, unless tagged in ac- 
cordance with Section S of this chapter. [Residents may purchase tags to 
take 5 partridges, 10 woodcock or 10 ducks out of tiie State. Price of 
the tags $5 for each variety of the birds.] Chap. 70, P. L., 1911. — Sec. 1. 
No person shall, in any one day take or have in possession more than five 
ruffed grouse (commonly called partridge), nor more tlian ten woodcock 
during open season on said birds. [Nor transport more than these numbers.] 

Hungarian Partridge. — Chap. 51, P. L... 1909. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful 
to kill at any time any Hungarian partridge, so-called, for a period of four 
years from July 3, 1909. For ten years from 1903 no person shall kill the 
capercailzie, or cock of the -woods, so-called, black game, so-called, or any 
species of the pheasant, except ruffed grouse, or partridge. 

Residents May Transport Moose and Deer. — Sec. 28, Chap. 32 [as amended 
1911]. Any resident of Maine who has lawfully killed a moose or a deer, 
may send the same to his home or to any hospital in the State, without ac- 
companying the same, by purchasing of the duly constituted agent therefor 
a tag, paying for a moose $5, for a deer $2. 

Transportation ot Game Birds. — Sec. 28, Cliap. 32 [as amended 1911]. Any 
resident of this State wlio has lawfully in his possession one pair of game 
birds, may send the same anywhere in this State without accompanying 
the same, by purchasing of the duly constituted agent therefor a tag. pay- 
ing 'lO cents for a pair of game birds. Any person not a bona fide resident 
of this State and actuallj* domiciled therein who has lawfully in his pos- 

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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— MAINE. 



session one pair of game birds, may transport the same to his home or to 
any hospital in this State without accompanying- the shipment, by purchas- 
ing of the duly constituted agent therefor a tag, paying 50 cents for a pair 
of game birds. No person shall send more than one pair of game birds 
once in thirty days. 

E}xport of Deer and Moose. — Chap. ISl, Laws 1907. — No resident of this 
State shall carry or transport in any manner beyond the limits of this 
State more than one deer in any one open season for deer. Chap. 132, Laws 
1905. — Whenever a resident of this State has lawfully killed a bull moose 
he shall, before taking the same, or part thereof, outside the limits of the 
State, procure a license therefor from the co-mmissioners of inland fisheries 
and game, paying therefor a license fee of $5. 

Noii-Re.sident Licenses. — Sec. 22 [as amended 1911]. Persons not bona fide 
residents of the State, and actually domiciled therein, shall not kill any bull 
moose, or deer, or ducks, partridges, woodcock or other birds or wild ani- 
mals without having first procured a license therefor as liereinafter pro- 
vided. Such licenses shall be issued by the commissioners of inland fisheries 
and game, upon application in writing and payment of $15 to hunt bull 
moose, deer, ducks, partridges, woodcock, and other birds and wild animals. 
But to hunt ducks, partridges, woodcock and other birds and wild animals, 
a license fee of $5 shall be paid annually. A person having paid the fee of 
$5 may procure a license to hunt bull moose and deer by paying $10 ad- 
ditiona'l. Such license shall entitle the purcliaser to take to his home, in 
addition as now provided, properly tagged with the tag detaclied from his 
license, and open to view, five partridges, ten ducks and ten woodcock that 
lie has himself lawfully killed. The holder of a non-resident hunter's 
license shall be entitled to have transported, within or Avithout this State, 
]>y any railroad company, boat, or other transportation company, the car- 
cass of one bull moose, or part of the carcass of one deer, that he himself 
has lawfully killed, on each of the "deer" coupons attached to his said 
license [i. e., two deer]. 

Aliens. — Chap. 118, P. L., 1907. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any un- 
naturalized foreign-born person who has not resided within the limits of 
this State for two years continuously prior to the passage of this act and 
who is not a taxpayer upon real or personal property within tliis State, to 
ki'l or have in possession any wild animals or birds, unless he is licensed 
so to do. Sec. 2. The commissioners of inland fisheries and game may 
issue such person a license [fee $1.')]. 




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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— MISSISSIPPI 



MISSISSIPPI. 

Act of 1906. As Amended 1910. 

Close Seasons. — Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful to kill any of the fol- 
lowing- between the dates set forth: Wild turkeys, between May 1 and Jan. 
1. Quails or partridg-es, between March 1 and Nov. 1. Doves, between 
March 1 and July 1. Deer, between March 1 and Nov. 15. Bears, between 
March 1 and Nov. 1.5. Swans, g-eese. brants, river and sea ducks, rails (mud- 
hens), coots (poule d'eau), chorooks, tattlers, plovers and grosbeaks, cedar 
birds and robins, from March 1 to Sept. 1. Wood ducks, between March 1 
and Sept. 1. 

LaTifuI Bagr; Fawn. Turkey Hen. — Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful to kill 
more than twenty of any one kind of birds, migratory doves excepted, or 
to kill more than one deer in any one day or more than Ave deer in any one 
season, and at no time shall it be lawful to kill a spotted fawn or dove or 
wild turkey hen. 

Export. — Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful to ship or carry any g^ame birds or 
animals out of the State at any time. 

Transportation. — Sec. 6. All packages containing dead birds or animals, 
or parts thereof, when shipped within the State, shall be plainly marked 
w^ith the name of the consignor and consignee, with an itemized statement 
of the number and the names of .the species, and the package shall be so 
constructed as to plainly show contents. 

Non-Resident. — Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for any non-resident to hunt 
within the State unless he has a license issued to him by the sheriff of the 
eounty upon payment of a fee of .$10 to the county and $10 to the State. 
Sec. 14. That landowners may hunt on their own lands in season not pro- 
hibited, and may permit non-resident relatives or friends to hunt with them. 



YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 

Act of Congress, May 7, 1894. — Sec. 4. That all hunting or the killing, 
wounding or capturing at any time of any bird or wild animal, except 
dangerous animals, when it is necessary to prevent them from destroyirg 
human life or inflicting an injury, is prohibited within the limits of said 
Park; nor shall any fish be taken out of the waters of the Pa^k in any other 
way than by hook and line, and then only at such seasons and in such times 
and manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior. 

Rules. — 1. It is forbidden to remove or injure the sediments or incrusta- 
tions around the geysers, hot springs, or steam vents; or to deface the same 
by written inscription or otherwise, or to throw any substance into the 
springs or geyser vents; or to injure or disturb, in any manner, any of the 
mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within the Park. 2. It Is 
forbidden to ride or drive upon any of the geyser or hot spring formations, 
or to turn loose stock to graze in their vicinity. 3. It is forbidden to cut 
or injure any growing timber. Camping parties will be allowed to use dead 
or falleti timber for fuel. 4. Fires shall be lighted only when necessary, 
and completely extinguished when not longer required. The utmost care 
should be exercised at all times to avoid setting fire to the timber and 
grass. 5. Hunting, capturing, injuring, or killing any bird or animal within 
the Park is prohibited. The outfits of persons found hunting or in posses- 
sion of game killed in the Park will be subject to seizure and confiscation. 



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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— WEST VIRGINIA. 
WEST VIRGINIA. 

Act of 1909. As Amended 1911. 

Liceuse. — Act of 1909. — Sec. 19. No non-resident shall take any game 
animals or wild game birds 'without first having secured a license so to do 
[from the county clerk; fees, $15.50]. 

Deer. — Sec. 25. No person shall kill any deer from the 1st day of Decem- 
ber until the 15th day of October, nor shall one person kill more than two 
deer in any one season. No person shall hunt deer with dogs. No person 
shall kill any deer other than bucks with horns over 4 inches in length. 

Birds. — Sec. 26. It shall be unlawful to kill any ruffed grouse or pheas- 
ant, or wV.d turkey between the 1st day of December and the 15th day of 
October, or any quail or Virginia partridge between the 1st day of Decem- 
ber and the 1st day of November; nor any gray, black, red or fox squirrel 
between the 1st day of December and the 31st day of August, both in- 
clusive. Nor shall any person kill more than twelve quail or six ruffed 
grouse or two wild turkeys in any one day, nor more than ninety-six quail 
or twenty-five ruffed grouse or six wild turkeys in any one open season. 
No person shall kill any wild duck, wild goose or brant, between the 20th 
day of April and the 1st day of September: Provided, That the wood duck 
shall not be killed at any time; woodcock, plover, rail, ortolan or sand- 
piper, between the 20th day of December and 15th day of July; or any snipe 
between the 1st day of March and the 15th day of October. It shall be 
unlawful to catch by seine, net, bait, trap or snare of any kind or device, 
any wi'd turkey, ruffed grouse or pheasant* or quail. 

Sunday. — Sec. 28. It shall be unlawful to kill any wild animals or birds, 
or fish, on Sunday. 

Imported Birds. — Sec. 43. There shall be no open season on Hungarian 
partridge. Reeve's pheasant, English pheasant, Lady Amherst's pheasant, 
Chinese pheasant, capercailzie, or any other foreign game birds introduced 
into this State. 

Fisli. — Sec. 44. It shall not he lawful for any person to catch and have 
in his possession any jack salmon, commonly ca'led jack flsh, or any white 
salmon of less than 7 inches in length, or any pike of less than 10 inches in 
length, or any black bass less than 7 inches in length, or any trout less 
than 5 Inches in length. It shall be unlawful to take any jack salmon 
(commonly ca'led jack fish or white salmon) in any manner between the 
15th day of April and the 15th day of June; or to catch any trout or land- 
locked salmon in any manner between the 1st day of September and the 
1st day of April. It shall not be lawful to catch any black bass, green bass, 
willow bass, rock bass, pike or pickerel, or wall-eyed pike (commonly 
known as salmon) between the 15th day of April and the 15th day of 
June; except that in the counties of Brooke, Hancock and Ohio the time 
shall be from April 15 to May 29. 

[Sale and export of game forbidden.] 




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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— INDIANA. 



INDIANA. 

AVild Deer. Turkey, Pheasant. — Sec. 593. Whoever shoots any wild deer, 
buck, doe or fawn, wild turkey, or any pheasant of any species or kind 
bred in this State, shall be fined. 

Quail, Grouse, Prairie Cliicken. — Sec. .595. It shall be unlawful to hunt 
or have in possession any quail, ruffed grouse, prairie chicken or pinnated 
grouse from the 1st day of January to the 10th day of November. [Prairie 
chicken, imported pheasants, imported partridge, protected to 1915.] 

Q,uail. Number. — Sec. 596. Whoever .kills or has in possession more than 
15 quail in any one day between the 10th day of November and the 1st day 
of January shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, That any 
person having hunted three days or more in succession mas^ have a total of 
not to exceed 45 quail killed by himself during such hunt. 

M^ild Goose, Duelv, Braut, Etc. — Sec. 598. Whoever shoots any wild goose, 
wild duck, brant or other water fowl from the 15th day of April to the 
1st day of September, or between sunset of any day and sunrise of the suc- 
ceeding day shoots any water fowl, or pursues any water fowl with a 
naphtha, electric or steam launch or boat, or any other .kind of boat, except 
a row boat or push boat, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 
599. Whoever shoots or has in possession more than 15 wild ducks, wild 
geese, brant or other water fowl, in any one day at any time from the 1st 
day of September of any year to the 15th day of April of the succeeding 
year, shall be deemed guilty of,a misdemeanor: Provided. That any person 
having hunted three days or more in succession may have a total of not to 
exceed 45 wild geese, wild ducks, brant or other water fowl 

Squirrels. — Sec. 601. Whoever shoots or has in possession any wild 
squirrel from the 1st day of November to the 1st day of July of the suc- 
ceeding year shall be fined. [This section does not repeal Sec. 608, so the 
open season on squirrels is only from July 1 to Oct. 1.] 

Sunday Hunting-. — Sec. 606. Whoever hunts or shoots wild birds, rabbits, 
or any species of game with any kind of firearms on Sunday, shall be fined. 

Woodcock. — Sec. 607. Whoever ki-lls or has in possession, any woodcock 
at any time from the 1st day of January to the 1st day of July shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Hunting-, Clcsed Season. — Sec. 60S. It shall be unlawful to hunt any kind 
of game except -wild duck and other -water fowl, at any time from Oct. 1 
of any year to Nov. 10 of the same year. 

Ucense to Hunt. — Sec. 609. It shall be unlawful for any person who is a 
resident to hunt any of the wild animals, fowls or birds that are protected 
by law without first procuring a license to do so. In all counties having 
a population of less than 150,000 it shall be the duty of the clerk of the 
circuit court of any such county to issue such license. In all counties hav- 
ing a population of more than 150,000, the Commissioner of Fisheries and 
Game, or some resident of any such county, appointed by the said Com- 
missioner, shall issue hunting licenses as described above, to the residents 
of such county. The applicant shall pay $1: Provided, That the resident 
owner or owners of farm land, their children living with them, or their 
tenants, may hunt upon the lands of which he or they are the bona fide 
owner or owners or tenants, without procuring such hunting license: Pro- 
vided further. That any bona fide resident of the State may hunt rabbits 
in the township in which he resides without securing such hunting license. 

Carrying Game Outside of State. — Sec. 610. It shall be unlawful to 
transport beyond the limits of this State any wild deer, buck, doe or fawn, 
any quail, wild duck, brant, wild goose, or other waterfowl, ruffed grouse. 

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pinnated grouse, prairie chicken, woodcock, wild turkey, or any pheasant 
of any kind or species (except as provided in the next section). 

IVon-Resiclent License Sec. 611. It shall be unlawful for any person who 

is a non-resident of the State to hunt any of the wild anima's, fowls or 
birds that are protected, without first procuring- a license so to do. The 
applicant shall fill out a blank application, to be furnished by the clerk of 
the circuit court of any county in the State. The applicant shall pay $15. .50. 
Any licensee is authorized to kill and remove from this State not to exceed 15 
same birds of all .kinds each day that he hunts in this State: Provided. 
That any licensee under this section who has hunted three days or more in 
succession may take beyond the limits of this State a total of not to exceed 
45 game birds of all kinds. 

Minnow Nets. — Sec. 613. TThe prohibition of nets] shall not apply to 
minnow traps or minnow seines not more than 12 feet long. 4 feet deep, 
and the meshes of which shall not be larger than one-fourth of an inch. 

FiKliins: — Sec. 616. Whoever shall take any fish with any device what- 
ever, except with not to exceed two fish hooks, at any one time, at any 
time when such waters are covered in whole or in part with ice: or whoever 
shall catch or have in possession more than 50 bluegills, sunfish or crappies 
in any one day, or whoever takes any fish by any means from any of the 
waters of this State, at any time when the same are covered in whole or in 
part with ice, from, or in any movable fish house, fish shanty, or other 
movable enclosure, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. It shall be 
unlawful for any common carrier to transport beyond the limits of this State 
;iny pike, pickerel, wall-eyed pike, perch, bluegill, black bass, green bass, rock 
bass or other species of bass: Provided, That none of the provisions of this 
section shall prevent any person from personally taking a total of not to 
exceed 24 of the said species of fish caught by himself beyond the limits of 
this State, w^hich said fish sliall be carried by such person openly for in- 
spection by any ofl^cer of the Indiana Fish and Game Commission. 

.Size of Fish Caught. — Sec. 620. No pickerel or pike perch, commonly 
called wall-eyed pike, less than 12 inches in length, or rock bass, or crappie, 
less than 6 inches in lengtli, or black bass less than 10 inches in leng-th, 
shall be intentionally taken from the waters of this State, and in case any 
such fish is taken, the person taking- it shall immediately return it to the 
waters from which it was taken without unnecessary injury. 

Number of Fish Causiit. — Sec. 621. No person shall take, catch, kill or 
possess more than 20 bass in any one day. When two or more persons are 
lishin.g- or angling from the same boat, the aggregate number of bass taken, 
caught, killed or possessed by the occupants of said boat shall not exceed 36. 

[A fishin&r license is required of non-residents (who do not have a hunting 
license). Fee $1. Licensee's wife and children under 18 years old exempt.] 




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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— TEXAS. 



TEXAS. 

Act of 1907. As Aineuded 1»11. 

[Pheasant, Prairie Chielien, Antelope, Mountain Slieep are protected to 
1916.] 

Seasons. — Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful to kill any wild deer between the 
1st day of January and the 1st day of November: Provided, It shall be un- 
lawful to kill any wild female deer or spotted fawn; and provided further, 
that It shall be unlawful to kill more than three wild buck during the 
months of November and December (provided, it shall be unlawful to kill 
any wild turkey between the 1st day of April and the 1st day of December, 
or more than three wild turkey in the months of December, January and 
February), or any quail or partridge, or any dove between the 1st day of 
February and the 1st day of November; provided, it shall be unlawful, ex- 
cept herein elsewhere provided, for any person in any one day to kill more 
than twenty-flve of the birds or fow'.s that are permitted to be killed in 
any one day. It shall further be unlawful at any time to hunt deer or other 
game by aid of a hunting lamp or lantern, or any other light used for the 
purpose of hunting at night. 

Shipment, Export. — Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful to transport beyond the 
limits of this State or within this State, except as hereinafter provided, any 
wild animal, bird or water fowl, or the carcass thereof, or the hide thereof. 
Sec. 11. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the transporta- 
tion and shipment of game, birds or wild fowls when lawfully killed, from 
the place of shipment to the home of the person who killed the same; Pro- 
vided, The person who killed said game, birds or fowls, shall accompany 
said game, birds or fowls on the same train, or common carrier, from the 
point of shipment to said point of destination; and provided further. That 
the person desiring to ship or transport said game, birds or fowls shall first 
make affidavit in writing before some officer and upon filing the affidavit 
such party shall be permitted to transport to his home in acordance here- 
with not exceeding twenty-five of any kind of wild game bird, when such 
number is permitted to be kil'ed or the kind offered for shipment, except 
wild duck; Provided, That such party may be permitted to transport 
seventy-five wild ducks upon filing the affidavit prescribed. 

Squirrels. — Chap. 113, Laws 1905. — Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any 
person to kill more than ten squirrels in any one day of twenty-four hours. 

Nou-Resident I.iieense. — Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person who 
has not been a bona fide inhabitant of and resident citizen of this State for 
six months last past, to kill any game birds without first having procured 
a hunting license from the game, fish and oyster commissioner. [Fee $15.] 
Sec. 11. Any person to whom a non-resident license to hunt for game has 
been issued, may take to his home beyond the boundaries of this State such 
game as he has himself lawfully killed, not to exceed one day's hunt. 

[Resident IJcense. — Resident must procure a license (fee $1.75) to hunt 
in the State, except on his own land, or in his own county or those adjoin- 
ing it.] 




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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— NEBRASKA. 



NEBRASKA. 

Act in Force April 11, 1911. 
Game Proteoteil. — Article 2. — Sec. 1. No person sha'.l kill any elk, deer, 
antelope or beaver, turkey, prairie chickens, sag-e chicken, grouse, quail, 
pheasant, partridge, ptarmig-an. wild duck, wild goose, brant, swan, crane, 
wild water fowl, wild pigeon, dove, snipe, curlew, or any song, insectivorous 
or other bird or any trout, white flsh, grayling, sun fish, bass, cat-fish, wall- 
eyed pike, pickerel, crappie, or other food flsh, except as permitted by this 
act. [All other birds protected, except that hawks and owls may be killed 
on one's own premises.] 

Open Season.s. — Sec. 4. It shaT. be unlawful to kill during the open season 
therefor the following fish and game: The open season for prairie chick- 
ens, sage chickens and grouse shall begin Sept. 1 and end Nov. 30, next en- 
suing. The open season on quail shall begin Nov. 1 and end Nov. 15 next 
ensuing. The open season for wild ducks, geese, brants, cranes and game 
water fowls shall begin Sept. 1 and end April .5 next ensuing. The open 
season for jack snipe, Wilson snipe, kill-deer and yellowlegs shall begin 
Sept. 1 and end May 1. next ensuing. The open season for plover and doves 
shall begin July 15 and end Aug. ,31, next ensuing. [Swan, white crane, im- 
ported pheasants and other game, and red fox squirrels protected always. 
Gray timber squirrels open season Oct. 1 to Dec. 1.] 

Fish. — The open season for trout not less than eight inches in length shall 
begin April 1 and end Oct. 1 next ensuing. The open season for bass, not 
less than eight inches in length shall begin April 1 and end Nov. 15, next 
ensuing. Trout or bass less than eight inches must be returned alive to 
the waters. For all other flsh protected, the open season shall begin April 
1 and end Nov. 15, next ensuing. 

IVuniber to Be Taken. — The right given to take game and flsh is limited 
to food purposes and to ten wild geese or brants and ten quail and ten 
prairie chicken or grouse and twenty-five game birds of any other variety 
and ten squirrels and twenty-flve fish for each person in one day. nor shall 
any person have in his possession at any one time more than ten wild geese 
or brants, ten prairie chickens or grouse, or fifty other game birds or 
twenty squirrels, nor more than fifty fish. 

Pos8e.ssion. — No game or fish protected by this act shall be held in pos- 
session for more than five days after the close of the season for killing 
the same. 

Manner of Killing. — No game shall be killed one-ha'f hour after sundown 
or before daylight; nor with a steel or hard pointed bullet, nor w^ith any 
other weapon than an ordinary shoulder gun or pistol. Nor shall any fish 
be taken, except in the ordinary manner, with a line and rod, and the hook 
or hooks baited with natural or artificial bait; and fishing with lines hav- 
ing more than five hooks thereon shall not be deemed the ordinary manner 
of fishing; nor sha'l any person fish within two hundred feet of any fish- 
way: Provided, That dogs, lilinds, and decoys may be used for hunting 
birds. 

Non-Resi«leiits, Transportation. — Sec. 8. It is unlawful for any person holding 
a non-resident license to ta.ke out of the State more than fifty birds or twenty- 
five fish in any one year. When fifty birds and twenty-flve fish of any kind 
or variety have been taken from the State by the holder of a non-resident 
license, further right to take any kind of birds and flsh by the holder of 
said license shall cease. Said persons shall accompany the said birds, fowls 
or animals upon the same train or other conveyance of the common carrier 
beyond the borders of the State. 

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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— ILLINOIS. 



Residents; Trnnsportatiou. — Sec. 9. It is unlawful for any resident of this 
State to ship or take within or without this State any birds, fowls or ani- 
mals, except when acompanied liy the same and in liis possession on the 
same train. 

Traiisiiortatlon LabeLs. — Sec. 10. It is liereby required that packages 
containing' tish or game shall be labeled in plain letters on the address 
side of the package, so as to disclose the fact that said package contains 
fish or game, and the amount of said flsh or game, the name and addi'ess 
of the owner or consignor of said package or parcel. 

Importing: Game. — Sec. 14. It shall be unlawful to ship into or through 
this State from any other State any flsh or game prohibited by tlie laws 
of said State to be shipped or transported. 

Licenses. — Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person not a bona fide 
resident of this State to kill any of the anima'.s, birds or fish, or to flsh 
for, or take out of this State any of the birds or fish protected by this act 
without first having procured a license therefor. [Fee $10; for fishing 
only $2.] Sec.^ 3. — It shall be unlawful for any resident of this State with- 
out first having procured a license therefor, to hunt or fish [fee $1]: Pro- 
vided, That any person may hunt and flsh upon lands or upon or within 
waters which such person actually owns or controls, or upon lands on which 
such person actually resides, without being required to procure such license 
(provided that all female persons, and boys under the age of 18 years be 
permitted to fish and that all boys under the age of 18 years if accompanied 
by parent or guardian, be permitted to hunt without being required to pro- 
cure a license). 



ILLINOIS. 

Act of July 5. 1911. 
Seasons. — Sec. 1. It is unlawful to kill any Bobwhite quail from the 
10th day of December to the 10th day of November (both inclusive) of each 
succeeding year, nor more than twelve by one person in one day; or any 
pinnated grouse (prairie chicken) from the 18th day of November of any 
year to the 11th day of November (both inclusive) of the next succeeding 
year, nor more than three by one person in one day; or any ruffed grouse 
(partridge), Mexican blue quail, California mountain quail, California val- 
ley quail, Hungarian partridge, capercailzie or heath grouse (black grouse) 
or woodcock for the period of four years from and after July 1, 1911; or 
any mourning dove from the 30th day of November to the 1st day of August 
(both inclusive) of each succeeding year; or any gray, red fox or black 
squirrel from the 15th day of November to the 1st day of June of each suc- 
ceeding year, or any of the order of Limicolse or shore birds, commonly 
known as jack snipe, Wilson's snipe, sand snipe, or any kind of snipe, or 
any golden plover, upland plover, or any kind of plover, from the 1st day 
of May to the 1st day of September (both inclusive) of any year, nor more 
than fifteen by one person in one day. And it shall be unlawful to kill 
any wild goose, duck, brant, coot (mud hen), rail or other water fowl at 
any time from the 15th day of April to the 1st day of September (both in- 
clusive) of each year. And it shall be unlawful to kill any wild goose, 
duck, brant, coot, rail or other water fowl between the sunset of any day 
and the sunrise of the next succeeding day. And it shall be unlawful to 
kill any wild goose, brant, duck, coot, rail or other water fowl from any 
fixed or artificial ambush beyond the lines of natural covering of reeds, 
canes, willows, flags, crooked brush, wild rice, or other vegetation above 
t-fie water of any lake, river, bay or inlet or other water course wholly 
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within, the State; or with the aid or use of any sneak boat, sink box or 
other device for the purpose of concealment in the open waters of 4;hib 
State. And it shall be unlawful to kill any wild goose, duck, brant, coot, 
rail or other water fowl with a swivel gun or rifle, or from any sail boat, 
gasolene or electric launch or steam boat in any part of the water of any 
lake, river, bay or inlet or other water course wholly within this State: 
Provided, That it shall be unlawful to kill more than fifteen ducks, ten 
geese, ten brant, twenty coots, twenty rails or other water fowl, by one 
person in one day. 

Possession; Transportation. — Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful to have in pos- 
session any of the animals, wild fowl or birds mentioned in Section 1 at 
any time when the killing of such animals, wild fowl or birds shall be un- 
lawful. And it shall be unlawful to transport any quail, pinnated grouse 
or prairie chickens, ruffed grouse or partridge, squirrel, duck, goose, brant, 
shore bird, Hungarian partridge, capercailzie, heath grouse or wild turkey 
that shall have been killed within the limits of this State. 

Game Birds Defined. — Sec. 3. Any person who shall kill any wild bird 
other than a game bird, English sparrow, crow, crow black bird, chicken 
hawk or other hawks, blue jay, shall, for each offense, be subject to a fine. 
For the purpose of this act the following, only, shall be considered game 
birds: The Anatidae, commonly known as swan, geese, brant, river and sea 
ducks; the Rallidae, commonly known as rail and tlie gallinules; the Limi- 
colee, commonly known as shore birds, plover, surf birds, snipe, wood cock 
and pipers, tattlers and curlews; the Gallinse, commonly known as wild 
turkey, grouse, prairie chicken, plieasant, partridges, quail and mourning 
dove. 

Protected Species. — Sec. 10. That it shall be unlawful for the period of 
ten years from the passage of this act, to kill any wild buck, doe or fawn; 
and for six years from the 1st day of July, 1907, any wild turkey, English 
ring neck pheasant, Chinese ring neck pheasant, green Japanese pheasant, 
copper pheasant, Soemmering pheasant, tropagon pheasant, silver pheasant, 
golden pheasant. Reeves pheasant, Elliott pheasant, Hungarian pheasant. 
Swinhoe pheasant, Amherst pheasant, Melanote pheasant, Impeyan pheas- 
ant, Argus pheasant; or any Cacabis and Chucker partridge, or any sand 
grouse and black Indian partridge: Provided, That cock pheasants may be 
killed from the 1st day of November to the 1st day of February of each 
and every year, by the breeders thereof, upon a permit issued to them by 
the State game commissioner. 

License, Elxport, Ba^ lilniit. — Sec. 25. No person shall at any time kill 
with gun, rabbits or any of the wild animals, fowl or birds that are pro- 
tected during any part of the year w^ithout first having procured a license 
so to do. Said license shall be procured from any county, city or village 
clerk. Said applicant, if a non-resident, shall pay to the county clerk 
25 dollars as a license fee, together with 50 cents as the fee of said 
clerk; and if a resident, shall pay to the county, city or village clerk 75 
cents as a license fee, together with 25 cents as the fee of said clerk. And 
such licensee, if a non-resident, is authorized to take from the State not 
to exceed in the aggregate fifty birds of all kinds killedby himself or her- 
se'f, w^hich shall be carried openly for inspection, together with his or her 
license. The number of g^me birds or animals that may be killed in any 
one day by one person is limited to fifteen ducks, ten geese, ten brant, 
fifteen coots, fifteen rails, or other water fowl. The number of the Limi- 
colae or shore birds that may be killed by one person in one day is limited to 
fifteen, and fifteen game birds of any other kind. The number of mourn- 
ing doves and squirrels that may be killed in any one day by one person is 
limited to fifteen. The owner or owners of farm lands, their children (it 

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residents of the State), or tenants shall have the right to hunt and kill 
game on the farm lands of which he or they are the bona fide owners or 
tenants during the season when it is lawful to kill game without procuring 
such resident license. 

Fish. — Act approved June 7, 1911. — Sec. 3. Fish of legal size or weight, 
as hereinafter prescribed, may be caught, taken or killed with hook and 
line at any time. Sec. 6. It shall be lawful to catch minnows for bait only 
by the use of minnow seines or traps, the meshes of which shall not be 
less than one-fourth of an inch square nor shall the length of any minnow 
seine be more than fifty (50) feet. Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful to catch, 
take or kill by any means or device, whatever, any of the following named 
fish, which are less than the weight or length mentioned for each: Black 
bass, eleven inches; w^hite or striped bass, eight inches; rock bass, six 
inches; crappie, eight inches; yellow or ring perch, eight inches; pike perch 
or wall-eyed pike, thirteen inches; pike or pickerel, eighteen inches; Buffalo, 
fifteen inches; German carp, fifteen inches; sun fish, six inches; blue or 
channel cat, thirteen inches, or ten inches dressed; white perch, ten inches; 
bull head cat, seven inches; white fish, one and one-half pounds, undressed; 
lake trout, one and one-half pounds. 

Export. — Sec. 12. It shall be unlawful, at any time, to transport, ship or 
take to any point outside this State, any black bass, pike, pickerel, or 
pike perch commonly known as jack or yellow salmon: Provided, That 
any person may carry with him, or transport as baggage on any train or 
conveyance for which he has purchased a transportation ticket, to a point 
without this State, one package and no more, at anj' one time and during 
any one day, containing not more than twenty-five pounds of black bass, 
pike, pickerel and pike perch, commonly known as jack or yellow salmon, 
legally caught and taken in the waters under the jurisdiction of this State: 
Provided, That such package, when offered as baggage, shall be plainly 
labeled so as to show the name of the person offering the same for trans- 
portation, the place to which it is to be transported, the number of fish 
of each kind contained therein, and the number of the license of the person 
offering such fish for transportation, if any said license is required. 

Non-Resident License. — Sec. 1.5. It shall be unlawful for any male non- 
resident above the age of sixteen of the State of Illinois to fish with hook 
and line in any of the waters under jurisdiction of this State without first 
obtaining a license so to do, for which license such non-resident shall pay 
the sum of one (1) dollar. 




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MASSACHUSETTS. 

Revised Laws, Chapters 91-92., as Aiiieuded 1911. 

Trout, Salmon. — Chap. 377, Laws 1909, as amended 1910. — Sec. 1. It shall 
be unlawful to take or have in possession trout or salmon between the 1st 
day of August in any year and the 1st day of April of the year following, 
or to have in possession at any time a trout less than six inches or a salmon 
less than twelve inches in length, unless such trout less than six inches or 
such salmon less than twelve inches was taken by a person lawfully Ash- 
ing, and is immediately returned alive in the water whence it was taken. 

Pickerel. — Acts of 1904, Chap. 329. — Sep. 67. Whoever takes a pickerel 
less than ten inches in length shall forfeit one dollar for each pickerel so 
taken. 

Black Bass. — Sec. 70. AVhoever takes a black bass less than eight inches 
in length shall forfeit ten dollars for each fish so taken. 

Smelts. — Sec. 71. Whoever, between the 15th day of March and the 1st 
day of June, has in possession a smelt taken between said dates in this 
Commonwealth, shall forfeit one dollar for every such smelt. 

Taking of Shiners for Bait. — Acts of 1906, Chap. 239. — Sec. 1. It shall be 
lawful to take shiners for bait by means of a circular or hoop net not ex- 
ceeding six feet in diameter, or by means of a rectangular net other than 
a seine, containing not more than thirty-six square feet of net surface. 

Alien License. — Chap. 317, Laws 1905, as amended 1910. — Sec. 1. It shall 
be unlawful for any unnaturalized, foreign-born person to kill any wild 
bird or quadruped unless he is licensed so to do. [Fee $15. License issued 
by city or town clerk.] 

JVon-Resident License. — Chap. 198, Laws 1907, as amended 1909. — Sec. 1. If any 
person, not a bonafide resident of this Commonwealth and actually domiciled 
therein for a period of six months, shall kill any wild animal, wild fowl, or 
bird without having first procured of the commissioners on fisheries and game 
a license, he shall be fined. Sec. 5. Each non-resident hunting license 
shall entitle the licensee to carry from the Commonwealth not more than 
six wild fowl or birds of all kinds, the exportation of which is prohibited 
by law, in any one calendar year. Sec. 7. The fee for the license shall be 
ten dollars, except as hereinafter provided. The fee for the said license 
shall be one dollar for (1) a resident of another State who owns real estate 
situated in this Commonwealth, w^hich is assessed for taxation at not less 
than five hundred dollars. (2) A non-resident member of any association, 
incorporated prior to the year 1907, for the purpose of hunting or fishing, 
provided that such corporation owns real estate in this Commonwealth, 
which is assessed for taxation at not less than one thousand dollars. (3) A 
non-resident who, on the written invitation of a member of any club in- 
corporated under the laws of Massachusetts, attends a meeting of such club 
for the purpose of hunting foxes only, during a period not exceeding four 
days, provided that the membership list of the club shall be filed witli 
the commissioners on fisheries and game. 

Registration of Hunters.— Chap. 484, Laws 1908, as amended 1911. Sec. 
1. No citizen of the United States resident in Massachusetts shall kill any 
bird, or quadruped protected by law or use a gun for hunting, except as 
herein provided, without first having obtained a certificate of registration. 
[Certificate issued by city or town clerk. Fee $1]. Provided, however. That 
this act shall not apply to any such citizen who is a bona fide resident on 
land owned or leased by him and on which he is actually domiciled, which 
land is used exclusively for agricultural purposes, and not for club or 
shooting purposes. [A new registration law will take effect Jan. 1, 1912.] 

Lord's Day. — Acts of 1904, Chap, 176. — Sec. 1. The Lord's Day shall be 
close season. 

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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— MASSACHUSETTS. 

Ruffed Grouse, 'Woodcock. — Acts of 1911, Chap. 236. — Sec. 1. It shall be 
unlawful, excepting- only between the 15th day of October and the 15th day 
of November, both dates inclusive, to kill a ruffed grouse, commonly called 
partridge, or a woodcock, or to have the same, or any part thereof, in pos- 
session, whenever or wherever the same may have been taken or killed; 
and it shall be unlawful at any time to take or send or cause to be taken 
beyond the limits of the Commonwealth the above named birds. 

Q,uail. — Acts of 1911, Chap. 356. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful, excepting- 
only between the 15th day of October and the 15th day of November, both 
dates inclusive, to kill a quail or to have the same, or any part thereof in 
possession; and it shall be unlawful at any time to take or send or cause 
to be taken beyond the limits of the Commonwealth a quail whicn was 
taken or killed within the Commonwealth. [Artificially propagated quail 
may be possessed and sold.] 

Grsiy, European, or Hun^nriun Partridse.— Acts of 1911, Chap. 19.-^Sec. 
1. It shall be unlawful to kill the bird known as Perdix cinerea, commonly 
called Hungarian partridge, gray or European partridge. 

I.oon.s and E^ag-Ies. — Acts of 1907, Chap. 118. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful 
to kill a loon in or upon fresh water, or an eagle in any place. 

Henth Hen. — Acts of 1906, Chap. 141, as amended 1911. — Sec. 1. It shall be 
unlawful to kill that species of pinnated grouse commonly called heath Hen, 
:ind scientifically known as Tympanuchus cupido, previous to the 1st day of 
November, 1916. [Unlawful to have in possession a prairie chicken.] 

M'ild Turkey. — Acts of 1911, Chap. 343. Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful prior 
to the 1st day of September in the year 1915 to kill a wild turkey, scien- 
tifically known as Meleagris gallopavo. 

AVood Duck. — Acts of 1906, Chap. 274, as amended 1911. — Sec. 1. It shall 
be unlawful prior to the 1st day of September in the year 1916 to kill a 
wood or summer duck. 

W'ildfowl. — Acts of 1909, Chap. 421. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful to kill 
a swan at any time or to kill any other of the Anatidse, commonly known 
as wild geese, brant, ducks and teal between the 31st day of December and 
the 15th day of September following, sell or have in possession any swan 
or any other of the Anatidae, or any part of any one of said birds during 
the time when the taking of them is prohibited by law, whenever or wher- 
ever said birds may be taken or killed. Sec. 2. Any resident of the Com- 
mon-wealth may apply to the commissioners on fisheries and game for a 
permit to bring into the Commonwealth any of the above named species 
of birds, during the close season above provided, to a number not ex- 
ceeding fifty birds in any one year. Acts of 1911, Chap. 187. — Sec. 1. It 
.shall be unlawful to kill any of the wild fowl included under the name of 
Anatidfe during the time between two hours after sunset and two hours 
before sunrise. Acts of 1911, Chap. 188. — Section 1. It shall be unlawful 
for any person to take or kill more than fifteen black ducks in any one 
calendar day. 

[Forbidden to kill wild fowl in Dukes county from boat located more than 
50 yards from shore. Forbidden to pursue with a boat wild fowl in the 
inner harbor of Edgartown. Forbidden to pursue ducks with a boat in 
fresh ponds of Dukes county. Forbidden to use live decoys in Nantucket 
county.] 

Upland Plover, Wild Pigeons, Gulls and Tems.^ — Acts of 1910, Chap. 472.^ 
Sec. 1. "Whoever kills a Bartramian sandpiper, also called upland plover, 
before the 15th day of July in the year 1915, a wild or passenger pigeon 
a Carolina or mourning dove, a gull or tern at any time, shall be punished 
by a fine. 

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Bitteru, Heron. — Acts of 1903, Chap. 244. — Sec. 1. Whoever takes any 
lieron or bittern, or has in possession any such bird or part thereof, when- 
ever or wherever taken, shall be punished by a fine. Sec. 2. Nothing- in this 
act shall prevent the owner or keeper of any trout pond or trout hatchery 
from killing- any heron or bittern engaged in the act of destroying fish. 

Shore, Marsh and Beach Birds. — Acts of 1909, Chap. 508. — Sec. 1. It shall 
be unlawful to kill, or have in possession any of the Limicolse, known as 
peeps, plover, snipe or sandpipers or any of the Rallidas known as rails, 
gallinules and quarks or mud hens, all of which birds are known collec- 
tively as shore, marsh or beach birds, between the 31st day of December 
and the 1st day of August following, or a piping plover or a kildeer plover 
at any time. Sec. 2. The commissioners on fisheries and game may permit 
any person to bring into the Commonwealth any of the aforesaid birds to a 
number not exceeding fifty in any one year, during the close season: Pro- 
vided, That such birds shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of for profit. 

Pheasants. — Acts of 1909, Chap. 309. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful to kill 
or have in possession, a pheasant of any kind or the flesh of any pheasant 
except [on propagation permit issued by the commissioners]. 

Gray Squirrels. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful except only between the 
15th day of October and the 15th day of November of each year, both days 
inclusive, to kill a gray squirrel. Sec. 2. This act shall not apply to the 
owner or occupant of any dwelling house or other building who shall find 
any gray squirrel doing an actual and substantial damage to the same, or 
to any fruit tree, grain or other growing cultivated crop. 

Hares and Rabbits. — Acts of 1911, Chap. 118. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlaw- 
ful to kill a hare or rabbit between the 1st day of March and the 15th day 
of October, both inclusive. Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful at any time to 
remove or attempt to remove a hare or rabbit from any hole in the ground 
or from any stone wall or from under any ledge or stone or log or tree, and 
it shall be unlawful to take or kill a hare or rabbit by a trap, snare or 
net, or for that purpose to construct or set a trap, snare or net or to use 
a ferret. Sec. 3. This act shall not be construed to prohibit farmers and 
fruit growers from trapping rabbits in box traps at any time during the 
year [on permit from the commissioners on fisheries and game]. 

Methods. — Acts of 1910, Chap. 533, as amended 1911. — Sec. 1. It shall be 
unlawful to take a game bird or water fowl by means of a trap, net or 
snare, or to kill any wild fowl, or any of the so-called shore, marsh or 
beach birds, with a swivel or pivot gun, or by the use of a torch, jack or 
artificial light, or by the aid or use of any boat or floating device propelled 
by steam, naphtha, gasolene, electricity, compressed air, or any similar 
motive power, or by any mechanical means other than sails, oars or paddles. 
But the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to persons shooting at, 
or killing said Ijirds from such boats or floating devices if the same are at 
anchor. 

Deer. — Act of 1910, Chap. 545. Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful, except as 
hereinafter provided, to kill a deer: Provided, That this act shall not apply 
to a tame deer belonging to any person and kept on his own premises; and 
provided further, that [farmers may kill depredating deer]. Sec. 2. Any 
*person who is duly licensed to hunt may, between sunrise of the 3d Mon- 
day of November and sunset of the following Saturday, kill, by the use of 
a shotgun, a wild deer, in the counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, 
Hampshire and Worcester. No person shall kill or have in possession more 
than one deer. No deer shall be hunted on land P9sted in accordance with 
the provisions of Section 14 of Chapter 92 of the Revised Laws, or in viola- 



[*This aiiplies only to the holder of a resident license. A non-resident may not kill deer.] 

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tion of any city ordinance or town by-law, or in any State reservation, or 
by any method prohibited by law. It shall be unlawful to use any trap, 
saltlick or other device for the purpose of ensnaring, enticing, taking, in- 
juring or killing a deer. Whoever wounds or kills a deer shall ma.ke a 
report in writing, signed by him, and mailed or otherwise transmitted 
within twenty-four hours to the commissioners on fisheries and game, 
stating the facts relative to the wounding or killing. 

Protection of Deer from Dok'n. — Sec. 18. The owner or keeper of a dog 
found chasing or hunting deer at any time may be punished by a fine of 
not more than twenty dollars. 

Game Export. — Sec. 21. Whoever at any time takes or sends beyond the 
limits of the Commonwealth a woodcock, quail or ruffed grouse, which has 
been taken or .killed within the Commonwealth, or has in possession such 
bird or birds with intent to take the same out of the Commonwealth, shall 
be pvinished by a fine of ten dollars for every bird. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

Acta of CoiiKre.ss March 3. ISO!), and June 30, 1906. 

Game Alway.s Protected. — Act of Congress June 30, 1906. — Sec. 1. That no 
person shall at any time kill any game bird or any other wild bird what- 
ever, except the English sparrow. Sec. 2. That no person shall at any 
time kill any squirrel or any chipmunk, or shoot any rabbit or other wild 
animal without a special written permit so to do from such officer as the 
Commissioners of the District may charge with that duty. 

Wildfowl. — Sec. 5. That no person shall at any time hunt, pursue, or 
needlessly disturb any wild duck, goose, or other waterfowl with any boat 
propelled by any means other than oar.s. Sec. 6. But nothing in this act 
shall prevent the hunting of game birds on the marshes of tlie Anacostia 
River, or Eastern Branch, north of the Anacostia bridge, and on the marshes 
on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River east of the Aqueduct Bridge: 
Provided, That said birds are not hunted within 200 yards of any bridge 
or dwelling. 

^Vildfo^vI Season. — Act of Congress March ?,. 1899, as amended March 3, 
1901. — Sec. 1. No person shall kill or liave in possession any wild duck, 
wild goose, brant, snipe or plover between the 1st day of April and the 
1st day of September. No person shall kill or have in possession any water 
rail or ortolan, reed bird or rice bird, marsh blackbird between the 1st day 
of February and the 1st day of September. [Forbidden to kill in night 
time, or with any other device than shoulder gun.] 

Sunday. — Sec. 7. That there shall be no shooting or having in possession 
in the open air the implements for shooting on the first day of the week, 
called Sunday. 

Ba.ss, Cliub. Crappie. — Sec. 2. No person shall catch or kill in the waters 
of the Potomac River or its tributaries any black bass (otherwise known 
as green bass and chub), crappie (otherwise known as calico bass and 
strawberry bass), between the 1st day of Api-il and the 29th day of May. 
[Nets may be used for bait fishing, on permit from Commissioner of 
Fisheries.] 

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WASHINGTON. 

As Amended 1J)11. 

Licenses for Hunters. — 149. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
kill any of the game animals or birds without having in possession a 
license issued by the auditor of one of the counties of this State or by the 
State auditor. The county auditor of each county, upon the payment of one 
dollar by any resident of this State, or five dollars by any non-resident, or 
fifty dollars by any non-resident alien, shall issue to such person a license 
which shall entitle the holder to hunt within the county where such license 
is issued; and the State auditor, upon the payment of five dollars by any 
resident, ten dollars by any non-resident, or fifty dollars by any non-resi- 
dent alien, shall issue a license which shall entitle the holder to hunt any 
of the game animals or birds within the State. 

License to Aliens. — 152. It shall be unlawful for any person who is not 
a citizen of the United States, or who has not declared his intention to 
become a citizen of the United States, to carry or have in his possession 
at any time any shotgun, rifle or other firearm, without first having ob- 
tained a license from the State auditor. 

Deer on Islands. — 157. Every person who shall kill any deer on any of 
the islands in the State shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 158. It shall 
be lawful during the month of October to hunt for, take and kill deer on 
any island of the State: Provided, It shall be unlawful to hunt any deer 
on said islands with dog or dogs. 

Hunting on Certain Islands Prohibited. — 159. Every person who shall, 
on any island located in any fresh water lake, surrounded by navigable 
fresh water, and having an area exceeding five hundred acres, any elk, deer, 
black, gray or fox squirrels, blue grouse, ruffed grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, 
wild pigeons, prairie chickens, American pheasants, Mongolian pheasants, 
go'.den pheasants, bobwhite quail, California quail, or woodcock, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Dogs. — 179. Every person who shall kill any moose, elk, caribou, ante- 
lope, mountain sheep or goat, or deer with dogs, shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply 
in the counties lying westward of the eastern boundary of the counties of 
Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Pierce, Lewis and Skamania between 
the 1st day of October and the 1st day of November of each year. 

Sink Boxes, Snealv Boats. — 184. Every person who shall use any sink 
box or sink boat or sneak boat for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, 
geese or other water fowl, or who shall use any battery, swivel or pivot 
gun, or any gun other than one to be held in the hands and fired from- the 
, shoulder, at any time, for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan, 
brant or other water fowl; or who shall build any structure in any of the 
waters of this State for the purpose of shooting therefrom wild ducks, 
geese, swan or other water fowl; or who shall at any time between one 
hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise fire off any gun or build 
any flre or flash any light, or burn any powder or other inflammable sub- 
stance upon the shores of any feeding grounds frequented by wild ducks, 
geese, swan, or other water fowl, with intent thereby to kill or disturb any 
of such water fowl, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Sneak Boats. — 186. It shall be lawful within the time herein when any 
goose, duck or brant may be killed, to hunt or pursue them from any blind 
or obstruction: Provided, That this shall not be construed to include sneak 
boats. 

Deer, Mountain Slieep and Caribou. — 187. Every person who sha'l, between 
the 1st day of November and the 1st day of September following, kill any deer, 
mountain goat, mountain sheep or caribou, shall be guilty of a gross mis- 
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demeanor. Every person who shall, during the season kill more than two 
deer, or shall kill any female deer or spotted fawn, shall be guilty of a 
gross misdemeanor. Every person who shall kill a deer when such deer 
is in any river or lake, or body of salt water, or shall hunt deer with dogs, 
shall be deemed guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 

Iiniiortecl Game Birds. — 191. "Whenever any imported species of game 
birds shall have been liberated by county commissioners, thereafter it shall 
be unlawful to kill any such birds for three years. 

Upland Birds. — 193. Every person who shall kill any grouse, rulTed 
grouse, Hungarian partridge, prairie chicken, sage hen, Chinese, English, 
golden, Mongolian, silver, black-neck or Japanese pheasant, or any species 
of quail or any species of imported upland game bird, between the 1st 
day of January and the 1st day of October, shall be guilty of a misde- 
meanor: Provided, That it shall be unlawful for any person to kill any 
Hungarian partridge prior to the 1st day of October, 1913: And, provided 
further. That in all counties lying east of the western boundary of the 
counties of Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, Yakima and Klickitat, it shall be 
unlawful to kill any of the game birds mentioned in this section between 
the 15th day of October and the first day of September following, but it 
shall be lawful to kill same in said counties, when not otherwise specially 
provided, during the month of September and the first fifteen days of 
October: Also provided. That in the counties of Asotin, Clallam, Clarke, 
Columbia, Garfield, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Whitman, Spokane, Yakima, 
Kittitas, Ferry, Stevens, Okanogan, Adams, Chelan, Benton, Klickitat, 
Franklin, "Walla "Walla, Skagit, "Whatcom, Snohomish and Kitsap, it shall be 
unlawful to kill any partridge or any variety of quail, Chinese ring-neck, 
golden or English pheasant, before the 1st day of October, 1912: And 
provided further. That it shall be lawful to kill quail in Snohomish county 
between the 1st day of October and the 1st day of January: And provided 
further. That in the counties of Okanogan, Stevens, Douglas and Ferry it 
shall be lawful to kill grouse between the 15th day of August and the 1st 
day of January following. 

Upland Birds, Bag Limit. — 194. Every person who shall kill more than 
five prairie chickens, grouse, partridge, Hungarian partridge, native pheas- 
ants, Chinese, English, golden, Mongolian, silver, black-neck or Japanese 
pheasants, or more than ten quail of any kind in one day, shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanor: Provided, That no person shall In any one day kill 
more than five of the game birds mentioned in this section, it being the 
intention hereof to limit bags of one day to five birds, no matter how many 
varieties of these protected upland birds are included in the bag: Provided 
further. That ten quail may be killed in one day, but the limit of the up- 
land game birds, if quail are included in the same, for one day, shall never 
exceed ten upland birds, and the limit of the bag for one week shall never 
exceed thirty upland birds: Provided further. That in all counties of the 
State of "Washington lying east of the western boundary of Okanogan, 
Chelan, Kittitas, Yakima and Klickitat, it shall be unlawful to kill any 
prairie chickens after the passage of this act and before the first day of 
September, 1912: Provided, however, That this last mentioned proviso re- 
garding prairie chickens shall not apply to the counties of Okanogan, 
Chelan, Garfield, Lincoln, Walla Walla, Adams, Douglas, Columbia, Grant, 
Stevens and Perry. 

"Water Fowl, Sliore Birds. — 195. Every person who shall kill any swan, 
goose, brant, mallard duck, canvas-back duck, widgeon, wood-duck, spoon- 
bill, gray or black duck, sprig-tail, teal or other game duck, or any snipe, 
curlew, plover, rail, surf or shore game bird, between the 1st day of Feb- 
ruary and the 1st day of October, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: Pro- 

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vided, That in the counties of Qkanogan, Ferry, Stevens, Douglas, Grant, 
Lincoln, Spokane, Adams and Whitman it shall be lawful to kill swan, 
g-oose, brant, or any species of game duck and curlew, plover, rail or any 
species of snipe or shore game birds, between the 15th day of September 
and the 1st day of January only: Provided further. That it shall be lawful 
to kill snipe, plover, rail, and shore birds, geese and brant during the 
months of March, April and May along the ocean beach, and five miles in- 
land thereof, in Pacific, Chelialis, Clallam, Jefferson and San Juan counties. 
196. It .shall be unlawful to kill any of the geese, brant or other water 
fowl upon the Columbia or Snake rivers within this State, or within one- 
half mile of its shore tliroughout the following named counties: Klickitat, 
Walla Walla, Franklin, Yakima, Kittitas, Douglas, Columbia, Garfield and 
Whitman counties. 

Bag Limit. — 197. Every person who shall kill more than twenty snipe, 
ducks, geese or brants in one day, or fifty in any one week, shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanor, it being the intention hereof to limit bags for one day 
to twenty and the limit of bags for one week to fifty of the above men- 
tioned birds, no matter how many varieties of those birds are included in 
the said bag. 

Boats. — 198. Provided, That the above mentioned birds shall not be fired 
at from any gasolene or naptha [naphtha] launch, steam launch, or other 
boat propelled otherwise than by hand. 

Elk. — 204. Until Oct. 1, 1915, it shall be unlawful to kill any elk (Cervus 
alces or Cervus canadensis). After 1915 it shall be unlawful to kill any elk 
between the 1st day of November and the 15th day of September following. 
No person shall during the season kill more than one male elk. 

Export ProliiJ>ite«l. — 206. Every person who shall take out of this State 
any of the wild game birds or animals enumerated in this act, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be 
construed to prevent any citizen or resident of the State of Oregon or 
Idaho from personally taking witli him any game to the limit of one day's 
hunt, killed by himself. 

Talcing' Gnine from State. — 207. Every non-resident or non-resident alien 
who shall have procured a license to hunt shall be entitled to take from 
the State all game animals killed by him, and game birds killed by him not 
to exceed the number allowed to be killed by any person in any one day; 
but before any person shall, be entitled to take any such game out of this 
State he shall make an affidavit before a notary public or other officer 
having a seal, stating that the game was .killed by him in a lawful manner, 
and is not being exported for sale. Sueli affidavit shall be attaclied to said 
animals or birds while in transit from tlie State. 

Trout. — 214. Every person who shall, during the months of November, 
December, January, February and March, take any brook trout [or] moun- 
tain trout shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 215. Every person 
who shall take with any device other than hook and line any mountain 
trout, brook trout, bull trout or salmon trout, shall be guilty of a misde- 
meanor. 

Bass, Peroh, Pickerel ami Pike. — 218. It shall not be lawful to take any 
bass, perch, pickerel or pike, between the 15th day of May and the 1st day 
of July. 219. It shall not be lawful to take any bass, perch, pickerel or 
pike by the use of any device or in any other manner than with hook and 
line. 

Fish in Certain Counties. — 222. It shall be unlawful in any of the coun- 
ties lying east of the western boundary of the counties of Okanogan. 
Chelan, Kittitas, Yakima and Klickitat, to take any trout, bass, perch, 

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pickerel or pike, between the 1st day of November and tlie 1st day of May 
following'. 

S>*e- — 223. It shall be unlawful to take any trout except native moun- 
tain brook trout or bass in the waters hereinabove described less than six 
inches in length. 

IVuinber. — 224. It shall be unlawful for any person to take more than 
twenty pounds of trout, bass or perch in any one day and no person shall 
have in possession at any time more than thirty pounds of such trout, bass 
or perch. 



IOWA. 

Chapter 15 of the Code as Amended 1911. 

Fi.«4hiugr. — Sec. 2.540. Between the_ 1st day of October and the 1st day of 
April no one shall take any salmon or trout, nor between the 15th day of 
November and the 15th day of May any bass, pike, crappies, pickeral 
(pickerel), cat-fish or other g-ame fish, nor shall any one person take of 
said flsh in any one day more than forty of any or all of said kinds of fish, 
of which total number not more than twenty shall be bass, pike or pickerel; 
nor shall any one ta.ke any fish, except minnows for bait, unless by hook 
and line; but any person may, between the 15th day of May and the 15th 
day of November, use not more than one trot line in streams only, and 
extending- not more than half way across nor have, while fishing through 
the ice, any house, shed or other protection against the weatlier, or have 
or use any stove or other means for ■creating artificial heat. The taking or 
killing of any fish by any means within 300 feet of a fishway shall be un- 
lawful. No person shall kill any bass, catfish, wall-eyed pike, crappie, or 
trout less than 6 inches in length. 

Minnon-s Fop Bait. — Sec. 2541. In taking minnows for bait, a three-eighth 
inch mesh seine not exceeding five yards in length may b^^ used. 

Tito Lines. — Sec. 2542. No person shall use more than two lines, with 
one hook upon each line, in still fishing or otherwise, except that a trot 
line, as above provided, or in trolling a spoonhook composed of three 
liooks fastened together may be used. 

Game Protected. — Sec. 2551. No person shall kill any pinnated grouse or 
prairie chicken between the 1st day of December and the 1st day of Sep- 
tember next following; any woodcock, between the 1st day of January and 
the 10th day of July; any ruffed grouse or pheasant, wild turkey or quail, 
between the 15th day of December and the 1st day of November; any wild 
duck, goose or brant, rail, plover, sand piper and marsh or beach bird, be- 
tween the 15th day of April and the 1st day of September; or any gray 
or fox sciuirrel or timber squirrel between the 1st day of January and the 
1st day of September. Shooting or killing quail on the public highway 
shall be in violation of law. No person shaH kill any birds from any arti- 
ficial ambush of any kind or witli the aid of any sneak boat or sink box 
or other device used for concealment in the open water, nor use any arti- 
ficial light, battery or any other deception, contrivance or device whatever 
to attract or deceive the birds, except that decoys may be used in hunting 
wild geese and ducks, but no person shall at any time shoot from any boat 
or device whatever on any waters between sunset and sunrise. 

Sale, Xuniber. — Sec. 2552. No person shall kill for traffic any pinnated 
grouse or prairie chicken, woodcock, quail, ruffed grouse or pheasant; nor 
during any one day more than twenty-five of either .kind of said birds or 
of wild turkey, duck, goose or brant, nor shall any one person have more 
than twenty-five of either kind of said named birds except ducks in pos- 

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session at any one time, provided the limit of duclts in possession is hereby 
made fifty. 

[Possession. — Sec. 2554. Unlawful to have in possession during- period 
when killing- is prohibited, except first five days of such prohibited period.] 

8hiiii>ing. — Sec. 2555. No person shall ship or carry out of this State any 
of the birds or animals named; but it shall be lawful for any person to ship 
to any person within this State any game birds named, not to exceed one 
dozen in any one day, on affidavit. 

Deer, Elk, Goat Chap. 65, Laws 1898. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for 

any person other than the owner, or person authorized by the owner, to 
ki.l or capture any deer, elk or goat, except when distrained as provided by 
law. 

[Eng-lisli and Chinese Plieasauts are protected to 1915.] 

Hunting License. — Chap. 154, Laws 1909. — Sec. 2. No person shall kill any 
wild animal, bird or game with a gun without first procuring a license. 
[Fee for resident $1, but non-resident may hunt on his own land without a 
license. Fee for non-resident, $10. Non-resident may export not to exceed 
twenty-five game birds or animals.] 



OHIO. 

Laws of 1908. Amended 1911. 

Game Birds. — Sec. 25. No person shall kill a Virginia partridge or quail, 
except from the 15th day of November to the 4th day of December, both in- 
clusive; a woodcock or Carolina dove, except from the 1st day of September 
to the 4th day of December, both inclusive; a rail, shore bird, plover, snipe, 
wild duck, wild goose, wild swan, coot, or mud hen, except from the 1st day 
of September to the 31st day of December, both inclusive, and from the 
1st day of March to the 20th day of April, both inclusive; or a ruffed 
grouse, except from the 15th day of November to the 4th day of December, 
both inclusive; or a Mongolian pheasant, English pheasant, ring neck pheas- 
ant, or other pheasant, before the 15th day of November, 1913, or after that 
date, except from the 15th day of November to the 4th day of December, 
both inclusive; but no person shall kill a -wild duck or waterfowl on Sun- 
day or Monday of any wee.k, or shoot such water fowl before sunrise or 
after sunset. 

Methods, IJmits. — Sec. 26. No person shall kill a wild duck or other 
water fowl with any gun, except a common shoulder gun of not larger 
than ten gauge, or with the aid of a sink boat, sink box, sneak boat, or any 
other boat except a common row boat propelled by oars. No person 
shall shoot at any Virginia partridge or quail, except when they are flying, 
or kill in one day more than twelve Virginia partridge or quail, Caro- 
lina dove, woodcock, geese, rail, shore bird, plover or snipe, or more than 
twenty-five duck. 

Rabbits. — Sec. 27. No person shall kill a rabbit by the use of a gun, 
except from the 15th day of November to the 4th day of December, both in- 
clusive. No ferret shall be used in catching or hunting rabbits except by 
the owner or lessee of lands or a bona fide employe .of such owner or lessee 
and when they are destroying or injuring trees, shrubbery, grain, berries, 
or fruit. 

Squirrel. — Sec. 29. No person shall kill a squirrel except from the 15th 
day of September to the 20th day of October, both inclusive. [Lawful bag 
5 in a day.] 

[Raccoon, Muskrat. — Raccoon protected March 1 to Nov. 1 Muskrat pro- 
tected April 1 to Jan. 1.] 

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Kxport. — Sec. 31. No person shall transport beyond the limits of this 
State any bird mentioned in this act or a squirrel whicli has been killed 
within tliis State. 

License. — Sec. 4. A non-resident who desires to hunt shall make appli- 
cation for a hunter's license to the clerk of the courts of the < unty in 
which he desires to hunt. [Fee, $15.25.] 

Black Bass. — Sec. 41. — No person shall take a black bass less than ten 
inches in length, nor take a black bass, except with hook and line with bait 
ur lure. In the inland Ashing- ^iistrict of this State, black bass shall not be 
taken between the 1st day of May and the 31st day of May, both inclusive. 
In the Lake Erie fishing district black bass shall not be taken between 
the 25th day of May and the 15th day of July, both inclusive. Sec. 42. No 
person shall transport out of the State a black bass. 

Trout, Salmon. — Sec. 43. No person shall catch or have in possession a 
brook trout, speckled trout. Von Behr or brown trout, land locked salmon 
or California salmon, except from the 15th day of April to the 15th day of 
September, both inclusive. 

Uliuno^s. — Sec. 45. No person shall take minnows, except for bait. In 
the inland waters of the State no minnows shall be taken or caught with a 
minnow seine exceeding four feet in depth and eight feet in length, and in 
the Lake Erie fishing district no minnows shall be taken or caught with a 
minnow seine exceeding thirty feet in length. 

Game and Fish Pacltages Marked. — Sec. 56. No person shall deliver or 
receive for transportation a package, box or receptacle containing birds, 
fish or game, unless it is labeled on the addressed side in plain letters with 
the name and address of the owner or consignor and with the weight and 
kind of fish and the number and kinds of birds and game which such pack- 
age, box or receptacle contains. 



NEVADA. 

Acts 1909 and 1911. 

Birds. — Act March 24, 1909. — [Sec. 2. Pheasant, bobwhite quail, partridge, 
other imported birds are protected always.] Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful 
after the 1st day of October and before the 15th day of July to kill any 
sagecock or sagehen. Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful after the first day of 
January and before the 1st day of October to kill any grouse or mountain 
quail. Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful after March 15 and before Sept. 15 to 
kill any wild duck, wild goose, sandhill crane, plover, curlew, snipe, wood- 
cock or swan. Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful after the 15th day of January 
and before the 15th day of October, to kill any valley quail. 

Bag Limit. — Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful to kill or have in possession a 
greater number than 20 ducks, 15 mountain quail, 10 sage birds, 6 grouse, 
15 valley quail, 5 plover, 10 geese, 3 swan, 15 snipe in one day. 

Deer, Antelope. — Sec. 9. The open season for deer and antelope shall be 
from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 (only two may be killed in a year). 

License.— Act Feb. 26, 1909. — Sec. 1. Every person who kills any wild 
birds or animals, or takes any of the fishes without first procuring a license, 
is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Fees, resident $1, non-resident $10, alien $25. 
Landowners do not require a license for hunting or fishing on their own 
property.) [Export of game is forbidden.] 

Fish. — Act of March 15, 1911. It shall be unlawful to take [or possess] 
any river trout, lake trout, or brook trout, whitefish, land-locked salmon, 
royal Chinook salmon, or large-mouthed or small-mouthed black bass be- 
tween the 16th day of October of each year and the 30th day of April of the 

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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— KANSAS. 



succeeding- year, both dates being- included. Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful to 
ta.ke flsh of any species whatever by any means whatever, except with 
hook and line attached to a rod held in the hands and in the manner 
known as angling; that it, with baited hook, fly hook, spoon hook, or other 
anglereblure. Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill, or to re- 
tain any lake trout, river trout, land-locked salmon, or royal Chinook sal- 
mon, less than seven inches in length; or any large-mouthed or small- 
mouthed black bass, or Saci-amento perch, less than eight inches in length, 
or any red-spotted eastern brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) less than 
six inches in leng-th. Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
receive for shipment or for transportation from any one person in any one 
calendar day, more than ten pounds of trout,' land-locked salmon, or royal 
Chinook salmon, or of large-mouthed or small-mouthed black bass: Pro- 
vided, That nothing- shall be so construed as to prevent the shipment of 
ten trout on one calendar day from any single consignor. [Package must 
be labeled to tell contents and consignor and consignee.] Sec. 7. It shall 
be unlawful for any person to take or to have in possession on any one 
calendar day more than ten pounds of trout, or of land-locked salmon, or 
royal Chinook salmon, or large-mouthed or small-mouthed black bass, or 
Sacramento perch, or whiteflsh: Provided, That nothing in this act shall 
be so interpreted as to prohibit the taking of ten trout or salmon, or other 
flsh specified in this act. Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful to take any fish 
within 100 feet above or below any dam containing a fishway or flsh ladder 
(Sec. 9), or within one mile below any dam of the U. S. Reclamation Service 
containing- a flshway or fish ladder. Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful to take 
any fish after two hours after sunset or before one hour before sunrise. 



KANSAS. 

Chapter 198, Laws, 1911. 

Licenses. — Sec. 8. No person shall take any game birds or animals with- 
out a license [issued to resident by county clerk, to non-resident by Sec- 
retary of State. Resident fee $1, non-resident $15. Resident landowner may 
hunt on his own land without a license]. 

Squirrels. — Sec. 12. It shall be unlawful to kill any tree squirrel (fox, 
black or gray), provided it shall not be unlawful to kill fox squirrels from 
Sept. 1 to Jan. 1. 

[IJeer and Antelope. — Sec. 14. Deer and antelope protected to 1921.] 

Birds. — Sec. 15. It shall be unlawful to kill any game bird, provided it 
shall not be unlawful to shoot wild geese, wild brant and wild ducks from 
Sept. 1 to April 15, plover from Aug. 1 to April 30, snipe from Sept. 1 to 
April 30, grouse or prairie chicken from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1, quail from Nov. 
15 to Dec. 1 (all above dates inclusive), provided that no wild bird shall be 
shot while sitting on the ground or water, unless wounded, or killed earlier 
than one hour before sunrise or later than one hour after sunset; no bird 
shall be killed from a motor boat; it shall be unlawful to use live ducks 
as decoys. 

Bag Limit. — Sec. 16. It shall be unlawful for any person in one calendar 
day to kill game birds in excess of the following number: Snipe 12, prairie 
cliicken 12, quail 12, plover 12, wild duck 12, wild geese 6, wild brant 6. 

[I^agle, Hungarian partridge, Knglisli, Mongolian, Chinese pheasants pro- 
tected always.] 

Fish. — Act of Feb. 18, 1905. — Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful to catch or take 
from any lake, pond, river, creek, stream or other waters within or border- 
ing on this State, any flsh, by any means or in any manner except by rod 
and line and flsh hook, or hand line or set line. [For minnow net see 
Sec. 10.] 

For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

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NORTH DAKOTA. 

Act of 31arcb 3, 1909, Amended 1911. 
Traps, Snares, Lfj^bts, Etc. — Sec. 28. No person shall at any time set, or 
have in possession any trap, snare, artificial liglit, net, bird lime, swivel 
gun or set gun or any contrivance v^^hatever, for the purpose of killing any 
of the birds or game animals, except that decoys and stationary natural 
blinds may be used In hunting wild geese, brant and ducks, except that a 
boat may be used to shoot from in a blind, and no persons shall use any 
floating battery, electric, steam, gasolene or other boat or floating vessel 
for the purpose of raising or driving any game birds from their resting or 
feeding places in any waters of this State, or use rifles in pursuing or 
hunting ducks or geese, or use any veliicle or automobile for the purpose 
of disturbing geese while feeding or resting, and shooting from such 
vehicle or automobile. 

Game Birds. — Sec. 35. No person shall kill any turtle dove, snipe, prairie 
chicken, pinnated, white-breasted or sharp-tailed grouse, quail, partridge, 
ruffed grouse, Chinese ringneck or English pheasant, Hungarian partridge, 
wild duck of any variety, wild goose of any variety, brant or any variety 
of aquatic fowl whatever, or any part thereof, except that any snipe, prairie 
chicken, pinnated grouse, ruffed grouse, white-breasted or sharp-tailed 
grouse, woodcock, upland plover or golden plover may be killed and had 
in possession between the 7th day of September and the 1st day of Novem- 
ber (both inclusive) following. That wild geese or brant of any variety 
may be killed and had in possession between the 7th day of September and 
the 10th day of May following, at least one-half mile from any permanent 
waters; that wild duck of any variety or crane may be killed and had in 
possession between the 7th day of September and the 15th day of Decem- 
ber, both inclusive. 

Deer. — Sec. 36. No person shall kill any deer: Provided, That two deer 
may be killed between Nov. 10 and Nov. 30 (both inclusive) by any one 
person: Provided, That it shall be unlawful to kill any deer in the man- 
ner known as driving in parties consisting of more than four persons. 
[Use of dogs forbidden.] 

[Antelope, Beaver and Otter are protected to 1920.] 

Resident's Hunting l>icense, Sliipment of Game. — Sec. 37. Every resi- 
dent of this State is prohibited from killing any game bird or game animal 
unless he shall have first procured a license therefor from the county 
auditor in the county in which he resides: Provided, however. That this 
does not apply to any resident from hunting on lands owned or cultivated 
by him, or any member of his family residing permanently with him. 
[Fee $1.] Any resident having procured a resident hunting license may 
ship by common carrier to his address in the county where he resides not 
to exceed two days' bag limit of any of the game birds, nor more than two 
deer or parts thereof. 

Non-resident License. — Sec. 38. Every person not a resident of this State 
is prohibited from killing any game bird or game animal, unless he shall 
have first procured a license therefor from the game and fish board of con- 
trol. [Fee $25.] Any non-resident having procured such license may carry 
with him on leaving this State not to exceed twenty either prairie chicken, 
turtle dove, crane, swan, grouse of any variety, or twenty of the same 
combined, and fifty either snipe, plover, wild duck, goose or brant, or fifty 
of the same combined, nor more than two deer or parts thereof. 

Hunting Without License.^ — Sec. 39. Any person who shall hunt without 
having first procured a license, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— OKLAHOMA. 



Fish. — Sec. 44. No person shall catch any of the fish hereinafter men- 
tioned, within the periods herein limited, to-wit: Any variety of trout or 
land-locked salmon between the 1st day of October and the 1st day of 
May (both inclusive) following-. Any black, gray or Oswego bass between 
the 15th day of October and the 1st day of June (both inclusive) following-. 
Any variety of pike, crappies or perch between the 15th day of October 
and the 15th day of May (both inclusive) following. 

Size of Fish. — Sec. 51. No person shall catch any black, gray or Oswego 
bass, trout of any variety, land-locked salmon or pike that are less than 
eight inches in length, from tip of snout to fork of tail. 

Number of Fish. — Sec. 52. No person shall in any one day catch, to ex- 
ceed fifteen each black, gray or Oswego bass, trout of any variety, land- 
locked salmon, pike, perch or crappies, or fifteen of the same combined, or 
have in possession at any time to exceed fifty each or all of the same com- 
bined. 

Bag Limit of Game Birds. — Sec. 55. No person shall in any one day take, 
to exceed ten each prairie chicken or grouse of any variety, turtle dove, 
crane or swan, or ten of the same combined, or have in possession at any 
time to exceed twenty each or all of the same combined; nor more than 
twentj^-five each -wild duck of any variety, wild goose or brant of any 
variety, -woodcock, snipe or plover of any variety, or twenty-five of the 
same combined; or have in possession at any time to exceed fifty each, or 
all of the same combined. 



OKLAHOMA. 

Chapter 19, La-«TS 1909, Amended 1911. 

Deer. — Sec. 1. The open season for killing deer shall be from Nov. 15 to 
Dec. 15. It shall be unla-wful to kill any deer without horns, or more than 
one buck deer with horns in one hunting season. [Protected always in 
Comanche, Caddo, Kiowa, Delaware and Swanson counties. Use of dogs for- 
bidden.] 

[Antelope protected to 1916.] 

Birds. — Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful to kill any quail, Mexican or blue 
quail, except from Nov. 1 to Feb. 1, or any wild turkey, except one wild 
gobbler, from March 15 to April 15, and three wild turkeys from Nov. 15 to 
Jan. 1, or any prairie chicken, except from Sept. 1 to Nov. 1, or any snipe, 
plover, curlew or other shore birds, or any duck, goose, brant, crane or 
swan, except from Aug. 15 to May 1, or any Mongolian, Chinese, English 
ringneck or other pheasant until Nov. 1, 1914, or any passenger pigeon at 
any time. [Sunday shooting forbidden.] 

Bag Limits. — Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful to exceed the following bag 
limit: Wild turkey as provided in Sec. 2; one swan in a season; 12 prairie 
chickens in a day, 100 in a season; 10 geese or brant in a day; quail, plover, 
curlew, ducks, snipe or other shore birds, 25 in a day, 150 in a season. 
[Possession permitted in first ten days of close season.] 

[IVon-Resident lL,icense. — Any citizen of the United States who has not 
been a resident of Oklahoma for sixty days immediately preceding his ap- 
plication therefor may obtain a hunting license on payment of $15.] 

[Export of game forbidden, except that licensed non-resident may export 
to his home game not to exceed two days' bag limit.] 

[Angling. — No restrictions.] 

For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA. 

Revised Statutes, Amended 11)11. 

Birds Not Protected. — 6957. English and European house sparrow, 
Cooper's hawk, chicken hawk, and all members of the hawk family, owls 
and crows are not protected by the game laws of this State. 

Seasons as to Game Birds. — ^6958. No person shall kill the following 
named game birds, except between the following dates: Wild turkey gob- 
blers, Dec. 1 to April 1 following; quail (Bob White partridges) from Nov. 
1 to March 1, following; dove from Aug. 1 to March 1, following; swans, 
geese, brant, ducks, rails, coot.s, mud hens, sandpipers, woodcock, and cur- 
lews, or other shore birds, Sept. 1 to March 15, following; snipe and plover, 
Nov. 1 to May 1, following. 

Deer. — 6963. Any person who shall kill any doe or female deer or wild 
turkey hen, or who shall kill any deer between Jan. 1 and Nov. 1, in each 
calendar year, or who shall use any artificial light in hunting or killing 
deer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Squirrels. — 6964 [as amended 1911]. Any person who shall kill any fox 
squirrel, black squirrel or gray squirrel, except from Oct. 1 to March 1, 
when they may be killed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Plieasants. — Act of Feb. 19, 1907. — Sec. 7. Any person who kills, except 
under permit, any ruffed grouse (pheasant), Mongolian, Chinese or English 
pheasant or other imported game birds, before Dec. 1, 1912, and thereafter 
only from Nov. 15 to Dec. 15, following, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor. 

Bajj liimit. Possession. — Sec. 11. The right given by this act to take or 
kill deer, or game birds for food purposes is limited to one deer, two turkeys 
and twenty-five game birds of any other species for each person in any one 
day. No birds or game shall be held in possession of any person for more 
than five days after the close of the season for killing the same. 

I^ioense. — Sec. 30. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt outside of 
the limits of the voting precinct, ward or beat in which he actually resides, 
without first obtaining a license permitting him or her to do so. Sec. 31. 
Any person who has been a bona fide resident of tliis State one year then 
past may procure a county hunting license from probate judge in the count" 
in which he or she resides [fee $1]: Provided, This section shall not apply 
to owners and tenants who may hunt on their own lands in season without 
obtaining a hunting license. 

State Hunter's License. — Sec. 32. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
hunt in this State, outside ©f the limits of the county in which he actually 
resides without first obtaining a license permitting him or her to do so [fee 
$3]: Provided, This act shall not apply to owners and tenants who are 
hereby allowed to hunt on their own lands in season without obtaining 
State license. 

Non-Resldent Hunter's T.lcense. — Sec. 33. Any non-resident of this State 
may procure a license for hunting by filing affidavit with the probate judge 
of any county. [Fee $15.] The provisions of this section shall apply to all 
aliens as well as non-residents. 

Unlawful to Ship Game. — Sec. 42. It is unlawful for any person who has 
killed the same, to take out of this State or transport within the State any 
of the birds or game protected, unless the same be carried openly by the 
owner thereof, and such person carrying said game shall have a non-resi- 
dent license, if the game so transported is to be carried out of the State, 
and shall have a resident license and shall acompany said game on the 
same train or other conveyance of a common carrier if shipped within this 
State. 

Fish. — [There are no limitations ns to angling.] 
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NEW YORK. 

Chapter 24. Laws 1909, Amended 1911. 

Deer; Open Season. — Sec. 76. The open season for all deer shall be from 
Sept. 16 to Oct. 31, both inclusive, in wholly inclosed deer parks and in the 
counties of Clinton, Dutchess, Essex, Pran.klin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, 
Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Osweg-o, Saratoga, Saint Lawrence, Warren and 
Washing-ton, except in all thg,t portion of Oneida, Lewis and Jefferson coun- 
ties lying- westerly of the Utica and Black River railroad from Utica to 
Ogdensburg-, where there shall be no open season. The open season in 
Ulster county and in the towns of Neversink, Cochecton, Tusten, Highland, 
Lumberland, Forestburg- and Bethel and all that section of the towns of 
Mamakating and Thompson lying south of the Newburg-h and Cohocton 
turnpike in Sullivan county and the town of Deer Park in Orange county 
shall be from Oct. 16 to Oct. 31, both inclusive. There shall be no open 
season for deer elsewhere in the State, except on Long Island. No person 
shall take more than two deer in an open season. No person shall take 
any wild deer between sunset and sunrise. No wild deer shall be taken while 
in water. Fawns in the spotted or red coat shall not be taken. No traps, 
saltlick, jack light or other artificial light shall be used. 

Possession of Deer or Venison. — Sec. 77. Deer or venison may be pos- 
sessed from Sept. 16 to Nov. 5, both inclusive. Possession of deer or venison 
from midnight of Oct. 51 to midnight of Nov. 5 shall be presumptive evi- 
dence that the same was unlawfully taken by the possessor. 

Transportation. — Sec. 78. Deer or venison killed in this State shall not 
be transported from or through any county, or possessed for that purpose, 
except as follows: One carcass or a part thereof at one time may be 
transported from the county where killed when accompanied by the owner. 
No person shall transport or accompany more than two deer in any year. 
Deer or venison killed in this State may be *accompanied by a common 
carrier for transportation from Sept. 16 to Nov. 1, both inclusive, but if 
possession is obtained for transportation after Sept. 15 and before midnight 
of Nov. 1, it may, when accompanied by the owner, lawfully remain in 
the possession of such common carrier the additional time necessary to 
deliver the same to its destination. This section does not apply to the 
head, feet or skin of deer leg-ally taken if carried separately. 

Hounding. — Sec. 79. Deer shall not be hunted w^th any dog or bitch. No 
dog: or bitch shall be taken into or harbored in any hunting or lumber 
camp within the forest preserve. 

AVild Moose, Ells, Caribou and Antelope. — Sec. 80. There shall be no open 
season for wild moose, elk, caribou or antelope. The flesh or any portion 
of any such animal shall not be possessed, or transported at any time unless 
tlie animal was killed without the State. 

Black and Gray Squirrels. — Sec. 81. The open season for black and gray 
squirrels shall be from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, both inclusive. They shall not 
be taken, possessed or sold at any other time. In Richmond and Niagara 
counties there shall be no open season. No one person shall take more 
than five such squirrels whether all of one kind or partly of each, in the 
county of Cattaraug-us in any one day nor have more than that number in 
his possession in said county at any one time. 

Hares and Rabbits. — Sec, 82. The open season for hares and rabbits shall 
be from Oct. 1 to Feb. 1, both inclusive. In Fulton county the open season 
shall be from Oct. 1 to Jan. 15, both inclusive. In Richmond county the 
open season shall be from Nov. 15 to Dec. 31, both inclusive. In Wyoming 
county the open season shall be from Sept. 16 to Dec. 1, both inclusive. 

*So in original. 

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Hares and rabbits native in this State shall not be taken, possessed or sold 
at any other time. No person shall take more than six hares or rabbits in 
any one day or transport more than six on a single trip. Hares and rabbits 
shall not be hunted with ferets, except in the counties of Allegany, Broome, 
Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Jeffer- 
son, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe. Niagara, Onondaga, Oswego, Sara- 
toga, Steuben, Tioga, Wayne and Yates. There shall be no close season for 
Belgian hares, jack rabbits or rabbits bred in captivity. 

Prohibiting the Sale of Gniiie. — Sec. 8f>-a. The dead bodies of wild hares, 
squirrels of all species, and wild deer, elk, moose and caribou of all species 
shall not be sold, offered for sale or possessed for sale for food purposes 
within this State, whether they shall have been killed within or without 
the State. 

Wild Fowl. — Sec. 87. Ducks, geese, brant and swan may be taken from 
Sept. 16 to Jan. 10, both inclusive, and possessed from Sept. 16 to Jan. 15, 
both inclusive; they shall not be taken in the night after sunset until sun- 
rise: they shall not be taken or possessed at any other time. There shall 
be no open season for wood duck. Sec. 88. Ducks, gese, brant and swan 
shall not be taken, except with a gun fired at arm's length without rest. 
They shall not be pursued by nor fired at from any sail boat or power boat, 
nor from any bough house or floating device used to conceal the hunter if 
more than fifty feet from shore, or a natural growth of flags. Fowl taken 
in violation of law shall not be brought ashore, or possessed. 

Q,uall. — Sec. SO. The open season for quail shall be from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30, 
both inclusive. No person sliall take more than thirty-six quail in an open 
season, nor more than six in one day. 

Woodcock. — Sec. 90. Woodcock may be taken from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, 
both inclusive; no person shall take more than thirty-six woodcock in an 
open season, nor more than six in one day. 

Gronse, European Partrldjie. — Sec. 91. The open season for grouse shall 
be from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, both inclusive. No person shall take more than 
twenty grouse in an open season, nor more than four in one day. There 
shall be no open season for Hungarian or European gray-legged partridge. 

Birds IVot to Be Sold. — Sec. 92. The bodies of dead game birds and song 
birds belonging to any species or sub-species native to this State, protected 
by this chapter or belonging to any family, any species or sub-species of 
which is native to this State and protected by this chapter, shall not be 
sold, offered for sale or possessed for sale for food purposes within this 
State whether killed within or without this State. 

AVoodcock, Grouse and Quail Not to Be Possessed. — Sec. 93. Woodcock, 
grouse and quail shall not be possessed during the close season. There 
shall be no open season for grouse and quail in Dutchess county prior to 
Oct. 1, 1913. 

AVoodcock, Grouse and Quail Not to Be Transported. — Sec. 94. Wood- 
cock, grouse and quail shall not be transported within this State or into 
the State from a point without the State less than twenty-five miles from 
the State line, unless acompanied by the actual owner thereof, and no 
person shall transport or accompany more than twenty grouse, thirty-six 
woodcock or thirty-six quail in any calendar year, or more than four 
grouse, six woodcock or six quail at one time. 

Plover and Other Birds Sec. 95. Wilson, called English snipe, yellow 

legs, rail, mudhen, gallinule. surf birds, curlew, water chicken, jacksnipe, 
baysnipe, shore birds or plover may be taken from Sept. 16 to Dec. 31, both 
Inclusive. They shall not be taken or possessed at any other time. 

Mongrollan Ring-Necked and English or Other Pheasants. — Sec. 96. There 
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.shall be no open season for Mongolian ring-necked, English or other pheas- 
ants, nor shall the same be killed or possessed, except in the counties of 
Fulton, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wayne, Suffolk, Seneca, Ni- 
agara, Yates, Cayuga, Genesee, Oswego, Wyoming and Dutchess, prior to 
October, 1914: Provided, however, That in the counties of Livingston, Mon- 
roe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Niagara, Yates, Cayuga, Genesee, Oswego, 
except the towns of Albion, Williamstown, Parish, West Munroe and 
Amboy, Wyoming and Wayne, the cock or male of said pheasants may be 
taken on Thursdays and Saturdays in the month of November, and pos- 
sessed during said month of November, and the said pheasants shall not be 
sold at any time, nor shall any person take or possess more than three of 
said pheasants in any one year, and it is further provided that pheasants 
bred or purchased and liberated in Suffolk, Dutchess and Fulton counties, 
by the game clubs and private owners, may be possessed in Greater New 
York for consumption, but not for sale. Mongolian ring-necked, English 
or other pheasants may be taken or possessed in the counties of Suffolk, 
Dutchess and Fulton from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, both inclusive. 

Certain Wild Birds Protected. — Sec. 98. Wild birds other than the Eng- 
lish sparrow, crow, haw.k, crow blackbird, snow-owl, great horned owl and 
king fisher shall not be taken or possessed at any time, dead or alive, ex- 
cept under the authority of a certificate issued under this chapter. The 
provision of this section shall not apply to game birds for which an open 
season is provided in this chapter; excepting that quail, English pheasants 
and Hungarian partridges shall not be taken in Richmond county prior to 
1914. 

Birds and Game Not to Be Transported. — Sec. 103. Birds or quadrupeds 
or parts thereof, game, except fish taken in this State, shall not, except as 
herein provided and as provided in section 104, be transported without the 
State. No person shall at any time transport any birds or fish for which 
a close season is provided in any package unless the kind and number of 
such birds or fish shall be plainly marked on the outside of said package, 
together with the names of consignor and consignee, the initial point of 
billing and the destination. This section does not apply to flsh taken or 
produced without the State, provided, the same shall be transported within 
the State from points not less than fifty miles from the State line, nor 
does it apply to the head, feet or skin of deer when severed from the 
carcass, or to quadrupeds named in Section 84. 

Hunting; License. — Sec. 104. No person shall at any time kill with a gun 
any of the wild animals, fowl or birds that are protected, or use a gun for 
hunting, except as herein provided, without first having procured a license 
so to do. Said license shall be procured from any county, city or town 
clerk. The applicant shall fill out a blank application to be furnished by 
the commissioner through the clerk of each county, city and town. [Fees, 
non-resident $20.50, non-resident taxpayer $10.50, resident $1.10.] Provided, 
That the owner or owners of farm land, and their immediate family or 
families occupying and cultivating the same, or the lessee or lessees thereof 
and their immediate family or families who are actually occupying and 
cultivating the same, shall have the right to .kill game on the farm land 
of which he or they are the bona fide owners or lessees without procuring 
such resident license. Each non-resident license shall have attached one 
coupon permitting the transportation out of the State of one deer or parts 
thereof. 

Trout. — Sec. 106. The open season for trout shall be made from April 
16 to Aug. 31, both inclusive, except in the counties of Clinton, Essex, 
Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Saint Lawrence, Warren and Wash- 
ington and in that portion of Herkimer county north of the Mohawk River, 

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where the season shall be from May 1 to Aug. 31, both inclusive, and ex- 
cept in Alleg-any, Chautauqua, Cortland, Living-ston, Tioga and Wyoming 
counties the open season shall be from April 16 to July 15, both inclusive, 
and except in the Genesee River in the county of Allegany, in Spring 
Brook in the county of Livingston, in the west branch of the Oatka Creek 
in the town of Gainesville in the county of Wyoming, and in that part of 
Cattaraugus Creek which is in the counties of Cattaraugus and Chau- 
tauqua where the open season shall be from April 16 to Aug. 31, both in- 
clusive, and in the other vs^aters of Cattaraugus county, and in the county 
of Chenango the open season shall be from April 16 to July 31, botla in- 
clusive. Trout shall not be taken or possessed at any other time, nor shall 
trout taken in any of the waters of the State be sold or offered for sale. 
Trout less than six inches in length shall not be taken or possessed. 

Lake Trout and Whitefish, Open Season.^ — -Sec. 109. The open season for 
lake trout and whitefish shall be from May 1 to Aug. 31, both inclusive [in 
Lakes Erie and Ontario, from Jan. 1 to Oct. 31; in the counties of Ulster, 
Sullivan, Orange, Rockland, Westchester and Richmond, for lake trout, 
from May 1 to June 30; in Lakes Keuka and Seneca, for the lake trout, 
April 1 to Oct. 15]. Lake trout less tlian fifteen inches in length, or white- 
ttsli less than two pounds in the round shall not be taken. In Owasco and 
Skaneateles lakes the open season for lake trout shall be from April 16 to 
Oct. 31. 

Certain Fish ]Vot to Be Transported. — Sec. 110. Lake trout taken in in- 
land waters and trout shall not be transported in this State, except when 
accompanied by the actual owner. No person shall take or transport at 
any one time more than twenty-five pounds of lake trout, nor more than 
ten pounds of trout. 

No Fishing- Throuj^h Ice. — Sec. 112. Fish shall not be taken through the 
ice in waters inhabited by trout or lake trout, during the close season 
therefor. This section shall not apply to Lakes Ontario and Erie or to the 
Hudson, Niagara and Saint Lawrence rivers. 

Blaelc Bass. — Sec. 115. The open season for black bass shall be from 
June 16 to Dec. 31, both inclusive. They shall not be taken or possessed at 
any other time. Black bass less than ten inches in length shall not be 
taken. Small-mouth black bass less than twelve inches in length shall n-^t 
be taken in the waters of Putnam county. No person shall take more than 
twenty-four black bass in one day. Whenever two or more persons are 
angling from the same boat, they shall not take more than thirty-six 
bass in one day. Black bass shall not be possessed in any county during 
the season that is closed throughout the entire county. 

Piclterel and Pike. — Sec. 117. The open season for pike and pickerel shall 
be from May 1 to the last day of February, both inclusive, except there 
shall be no closed season for blue pike in Lake Erie or in Lake Ontario. 
Pike and pickerel shall not be taken or possessed at any other time. Wall- 
eyed and yellow pike, less than ten inches in length, shall not be taken or 
possessed. Sec. 155. Pickerel less than 20 inches in length shall not be 
taken in the St. Lawrence River, and not more than 12 by one person in 
one day. 

MaskaIong;e; Open Season. — Sec. 118. The open season for maskalonge 
shall be from June 1 to the last day of February, both inclusive; they shall 
not be taken or possessed at any other time except in the counties of Chau- 
tauqua and Cattaraugus as hereafter provided. Maskalonge less than 
twenty-four inches in length shall not be taken or possessed. 

Salt- Water Striped Bass. — Sec. 119. Salt-water striped bass less than 
eight inches in length shall not be intentionally taken or possessed. 

Taking,- Minnows for Bait. — Sec. 124. Minnows shall not be taken with a 
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net or seine for bait from any waters of the State without a license [granted 
by the commissioners]. 

Fi»«liinK in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties. — Sec. 152. Muskellung^e, 
black bass, or yellow bass shall not be taken or possessed in Chautauqua 
county, nor yellow bass in Cattaraugus county from Oct. 16 to June 15, 
both inclusive. Muskellunge, black bass, pike-perch and wall-eyed pike 
shall not be taken or possessed in Cattaraugus county from Jan. 1 to June 
15, both inclusive. Muskellunge less than twenty-four inches shall not be 
taken from waters of said counties and pickerel less than twelve inches 
shall not be taken from waters of Cattaraugus county. 

Non Resident Fish I>icense. — Sec. 156. On fresh water forming a part of 
the State boundaries or through which the State boundary runs, no non- 
resident of the State shall take any kind of fish in that part thereof within 
this State unless residents of this State may lawfully take the same kind 
of fish in such part of said waters as are not within the State. If any 
license fee to take such fish in waters not in this State be required of a 
resident of this State a non-resident may take the same kind of fish in such 
waters within the State, if a license so to do shall have been first obtained 
from the commissioner. 

SPECIAL, I.OXG ISLAND L,A^V. 

Application of Article. — Sec. 167. This article applies only to the counties 
of Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk, and to Long Island Sound, except that 
portion of said territory embraced in the greater city of New York. In 
case of conflict the provisions of this article shall be substituted for the 
general provisions so far as it affects the territory herein named; but such 
parts of the general provisions as are not necessarily superseded shall 
apply. 

Deer. — Sec. 168. There shall be no open season for deer for the period of 
three years from the time that this section, as hereby amended, takes effect. 
Deer or venison taken outside of the territory herein described may be 
possessed within the four counties herein named at all times w^hen it is 
lawful binder the general law to possess the same. [Protected to 1913.] 

Squirrels. Hares and Rahhits. — Sec. 169. The open season for black and 
gray squirrels, hares and rabbits shall" be from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, both in- 
clusive. They shall not be taken or possessed at any other time. 

Wild Fowl. — Sec. 170. The open season for ducks, geese, brant and swan 
shall be from Oct. 1 to Jan. 10, both inclusive, and may be possessed from 
Oct. 1 to Jan. 15, both inclusive. They shall not be taken in the night be- 
tween sunset and sunrise. They shall not be taken or possessed at any 
other time. 

Manner of Huntinier. — Sec. 171. Ducks, geese, brant and swan may be 
taken by aid of any floating device other than sail boats or power boats, 
at any distance from shore in L,ong Island Sound, in Shinnecock, Gardiner 
and Peconic bays, and, except from Sept. 30 to Oct. 19, both inclusive, in 
Great South Bay west of Smith's Point. Sail boats may be used in Long- 
Island Sound, Gardiner and Peconic bays. 

Meadow Hens and Other Birds. — Sec. 172. The open season for meadow 
hens, mud hens and gallinule shall be from Aug. 16 to Dec. 31, both in- 
clusive. They shall not be taken or possessed at any other time. 

AVoodeock. Grouse and Q,uaII. — Sec. 173. The open season for woodcock, 
grouse and quail shall be from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, both inclusive. Such birds 
shall not be taken or possessed in their close season. 

Plover and Other Birds. — Sec. 174. The open season for plover, curlew, 
jacksnipe, Wilson's, commonly known as English snipe, yellow legs, kil- 

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deer, willett snipe, surf snipe, winter snipe, ringnecks and oxeyes shall 
be from July 16 to Dec. 31, both inclusive. They shall not be taken or 
possessed at any other time. 

Robblns and Gardiners Islands. — Sec. 174-a. Quail and English pheasants 
may be taken on Robbins Island, and on Gardiners Island from Oct. 15 to 
Jan. 31, both inclusive. Woodcock may be taken on these islands from 
Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, both inclusive. 

Trout. — Sec. 175. The open season for trout shall be from the last Friday 
in March to Aug. 30, both inclusive. Trout taken lawfully may be sold or 
possessed in the city of New York in the open season established by this 
section. They shall not be taken or possessed at any other time. 

Black Bass; Open Season. — Sec. 176. The open season for black bass shall 
be from May 30 to Dec. 31, both inclusive. They shall not be taken or 
possessed at any other time. 

Lake Trout and RalnboTr Trout; Open Season. — Sec. 177. The open season 
for lake trout and rainbow trout shall be from April 1 to Sept. 30, both in- 
clusive. They shall not be taken or possessed at any other time. 

Jamaica Bay and Adjacent Waters. — Sec. 178. Angling shall always be 
lawful. [This means that angling is lawful on Sunday.] 

DEFINITIONS. 

Definitions. — Sec. 240. The following words and phrases used in this 
chapter are defined as follows: 

1. "Grouse" includes ruffed grouse, partridge and every member of the 
grouse family. 

2. "Trout" includes speckled trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, red- 
throat trout and brook trout. 

3. "Lake trout" for the purposes of this chapter includes landlocked 
salmon and ouananische. 

4. "Black bass" includes Oswego bass. 

5. "Pickerel" and "pike" for the purposes of this chapter includes wall- 
eyed pike or pike perch, blue pike, yellow pike, green pike, grass pike, 
sauger or sand pike, gray pike, and all other fish of the pike perch kind. 

6. "Angling" means taking fish by hook and line in hand or rod in hand; 
or if from a boat not exceeding two lines with or without rod to one person. 

7. "Taking" includes pursuing, shooting, hunting, killing, capturing, 
trapping, snaring and netting fish and game. 

11. "Pheasant" does not include the native ruffed grouse commonly 
termed partridge. 

14. "Open season" is the time during which fish, fowl, birds and quadru- 
peds may be taken. If in accordance with the provisions of this chapter the 
open season commences or ends on Sunday, it shall be deemed to com- 
mence or end, as the case may be, on the Saturday immediately preceding 
such Sunday. 

15. "Closed season" is the time during which fish, fowl, birds and quadru- 
peds cannot be taken. 

INFORMATION FOR CAMPERS. 
Any citizen may camp temporarily on the State land in the Adirondacks, 
the Catskills, Lake George and the St. Lawrence River. No written permit 
is required, nor can one be granted by anybody. The Constitution of the 
State of New York provides that the land in the Forest Preserve can neither 
be leased, sold nor exchanged, but must be kept as wild forest land for the 
enjoyment of the people. Tents are the only structures permitted In the 
woods, but board fioors may be used. No person is entitled to call any 
particular site his own from year to year. Portable houses are prohibited. 
So is the erection of any permanent shelter, such as a bark house, lean-to, 
or log camp. Peeling bark is absolutely prohibited. Fires may be lighted 
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for cooking-, warmth and insect smudges, but only fallen timber can be 
used. Before a Are is lighted ample space must be cleared around the spot 
so that the fire shall not spread, and before leaving the place the flre must 
be thoroughly extinguished. All other fires are absolutely forbidden. 
Hunters and smokers must be careful not to set fires in the woods by the 
use of firearms, pipes or cigars. Special care must be taken that lighted 
matches are extinguished before throwing them down in the woods. 
Campers will be held strictly responsible for any damage or injury to the 
forest which may result from carelessness or neglect. 

THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION. 

THE SULLIVAN LAW. 

Possession of Firearms. — Penal Code [as amended by Chap. 195 ("Sullivan 
Law"), Laws 1911.] — Sec. 1897. Any person over the age of sixteen years, 
who shall have in his possession in any city, village or town of this State, 
any pistol, revolver or other firearm of a size which may be concealed 
upon the person, without a written license therefor, issued to him by a 
police magistrate of such city or village, or by a justice of the peace of 
such tpwn, or in such manner as may be *prescribel by ordinance in such 
city, village or town, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person over 
the age of sixteen years, who shall have or carry concealed upon his person 
in any city, village, or town of this State, any pistol, revolver, or other 
firearm without a written license therefor, theretofore issued to him by a 
police magistrate of such city or village, or by a justice of the peace of 
such town, or in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance of such 
city, village or town, shall be guilty of a felony. Any person not a citizen 
of the United States, who shall have or carry firearms, or any dangerous 
or deadly weapons in any public place, at any time, shall be guilty of a 
felony. This section shall not apply to the regular and ordinary transpor- 
tation of firearms as merchandise, nor to sheriffs, policemen, or to other 
duly appointed peace ofllcers, nor to duly authorized military or civil 
organizations, when parading, nor to the members thereof when going to 
and from the places of meeting of their respective organizations. 

Sale of Pistols, Revolvers and Other Firearms. — Sec. 1914. Every person 
selling a pistol, revolver or other firearm of a size which may be concealed 
upon the person, whether such seller is a retail dealer, pawnbroker or 
otherwise, shall keep a register in which shall be entered at the time of 
sale, the date of sale, name, age, occupation and residence of every pur- 
chaser of such pistol, revolver or other firearm, together with the caliber, 
make, model, manufacturer's number or other mark of identification on 
such pistol, revolver or other firearm. Such person shall also, before de- 
livering the same to the purchaser, require such purchaser to produce a 
permit for possessing or carrying the same as required by law, and shall 
also enter in such register the date of such permit, the number thereon, 
if any, and the name of the magistrate or other officer by whom the same was 
issued. Every person who shall fail to keep a register and to enter therein 
the facts required by this section, or who shall fail to exact the production 
of a permit to possess or carry such pistol, revolver or other firearm, if 
such permit is required by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Such 
register shall be open at all reasonable hours for the inspection of any 
peace officer. Every person becoming the lawful possessor of such a pistol, 
revolver or other firearm, who shall sell, give or transfer the same to an- 
other person without first notifying the police authorities, shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to wholesale dealers. 

*So in original. 

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NEW JERSEY. 

Am Amended lUll. 

Wildfowl. — Act April 14, 1903. — Sec. 6 [as amended 1908]. It shall be 
unlawful for any person hunting- or gunning after geese, duck, swans or 
brant or other water wildfowl, to place the boat, sink-box or other vessel 
or construction in which such person may lie in wait at a distance of 
more than 100 feet from ice, marsh or meadow, bar or bank, or heaped 
seaweed not covered with water; and it shall be unlawful to capture or 
kill geese, duck, swans, brant, or other water wildfowl, to hunt after or 
pursue the same in any manner except between one hour before sunrise 
and until sunset. Sec. 7 [as amended 1905]. It shall be unlawful for any 
person to pursue any geese, duck, swan, brant or any kind of water wild- 
fowl whatsoever, or to shoot, or to shoot at, or kill, or wound the same 
from any boat or vessel propelled by any means other than by oars or 
paddles, or from any boat, vessel or other structure anchored or staked 
upon the waters of any of the bays, sounds, coves, ponds, rivers, creeks 
or streams of the State at a greater distance than 100 feet from ice, 
marsh or meadow, bar or bank, or heaped seaweed not covered with water. 
Sec. 8 [as amended March 31, 1910]. It shall be unlawful to kill any black 
duck or any mallard duck, excepting only between the 1st day of Novem- 
ber and the 1st day of March following, both dates inclusive, or to kill 
any duck or swan other than black duck, mallard or wood duck, excepting 
only between the 1st day of November and the 15th day of March following, 
both dates inclusive, or to kill any goose, brant or shelldrake, excepting 
only between the 1st day of November and the 10th day of April following, 
both dates inclusive. 

Wildfowl. — Act of March 31, 1910. — 2. It shall be unlawful to capture 
any duck, swan, goose, brant or shell drake, excepting black duck, except 
only between one hour before sunrise and until sunset; or to capture any 
black duck except only between one hour before sunrise and until seven 
P. M. ; or to shoot at, wound or kill any black duck while using customary 
flyways across the beach bordering on the Atlantic Ocean. 3. It shall be 
unlawful for any person hunting or gunning for geese, brant or shell drake 
after the 15th day of March, in each year, and iintil the close of the season 
on April 10, in each year, to put or carry on his boat any decoy other than 
that of decoys of brant, geese or shell drake. 4. It shall be unlawful to 
capture any wood duck for five years from and after the passage of this 
act. 6. This act shall in nowise apply to the Delaware River and bay. 

Shore Birds, Suipe. — Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful to capture any yellow 
legs, plovers, willets, sand pipers, dowitchers or robin snipe, brown backs, 
curlews, turn-stones or calico backs, godwits or marlin, and tattlers, or 
any other birds commonly known as shore birds, surf snipe, or bay snipe, 
excepting only from the 1st day of May to the 31st day of December, both 
dates inclusive; and it shall be unlawful to capture any Wilson or English 
snipe (sometimes called bog snipe or jack snipe), excepting only during- 
the months of March, April, September, October, November and December. 

Reed Bir«l. — Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful to capture any reed bird, ex- 
cepting only from the 1st day of September to the 31st day of December, 
both dates inclusive, or to kill any reed bird after sunset and before sunrise. 

Upland Plover.— Sec. 11 [as amended April 27, 1911]. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for five years from the passage of this act to kill any upland plover, 
and thereafter it shall be unlawful to capture any upland plover, excepting 
during the months of August and September. 

Marsh Hen, Rail Bird. — Sec. 12. It shall be unlawful to capture any 
marsh hen (commonly known as mud-hen) or rail bird, excepting only 

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from the 1st day of September to the 31st day of December, both dates in- 
clusive; and it shall be unlawful to capture, kill or have in possession in 
any one day, from the 1st day of September to the 31st day of December, 
both dates inclusive, more than thirty marsh hens. 

[Flicker, hig-hholder, yellow-bellied woodpecker, sap sucker are pro- 
tected at all times as not game birds.] 

Beaver. — Sec. 17. It shall be unlawful to trap, take, capture or kill, or 
have in possession any beaver, under a penalty of one hundred dollars 
for each and every beaver so trapped, taken, captured or killed or had in 
possession. 

[Possession of Game is forbidden in the close season named for each 
species, except that all sales of dealers in game for a period of fifteen 
days after the expiration of such specified date shall prima facie be deemed 
lawful.] 

Sabbath. — Sec. 20. It shall be unlawful to hunt with a hound or hounds, 
or with firearms or weapons of any kind, or to carry a gun in the woods 
or on the waters on the Sabbath day, commonly called Sunday. 

Export. — Sec. 22. It shall be unlawful to remove from this State any 
quail, ruffed grouse, pinnated grouse, woodcock, hare (commonly known 
as rabbit), squirrel, English pheasant or ring-necked pheasant: Provided, 
however. That this shall not apply to English or ring-necked pheasants 
killed on preserves. 

Snow. — Sec. 23. It shall be unlawful to hunt, kill or destroy any par- 
tridge, grouse, pheasant, quail, woodcock or hare (commonly known as 
rabbit), while there is snow upon the ground in such condition that any 
such bird or animal may be tracked therein. 

Dogs at Larg-e. — Sec. 24. It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or 
custodian of any dog to permit such dog to run at large in woods or fields 
inhabited by rabbits or game birds, except only between the 1st day of 
October and the 1st day of February following. At not time shall any dog 
be allowed to run rabbits at night. 

Upland Game. — Act May 1, 1911. — 1. It shall be unlawful to capture 
any quail, rabbit, squirrel, English ring-neck pheasant, Hungarian partridge, 
prairie chicken, wild turkey or partridge, excepting only between the 1st 
day of November and 15th day of December, both dates inclusive. 

Woodcock. — Act April 13, 1908. — 1. It shall be unlawful to capture any 
woodcock in the following counties: In Passaic, Sussex, Morris, Warren, 
Essex, Hunterdon, Somerset, Hudson, Union and Bergen, excepting only be- 
tween the 15th day of October and the 1st day of December, both dates 
inclusive, and it shall be unlawful to capture any woodcock in the remain- 
ing counties of this State, excepting between the 15th day of November 
and the 31st day of December, both dates inclusive. 

Lawful Bag. — Act of April 27, 1911. — 1. It shall be unlawful to capture 
or have in possession in any one day more than ten quail, three English or 
ring-necked pheasants, three Hungarian partridge, ten woodcock, three 
ruffed grouse, thirty ducks, fifteen geese, fifteen brant. 

Ferrets Act April 9, 1910. — 1. It shall be unlawful to hunt any hare or 

rabbit with ferrets. 

Deer. — Act June 19, 1906. It shall be unlawful to kill any wild deer, ex- 
cepting on every Wednesday in the month of November. Act April 20, 
1909. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful to kill any doe or fawn of any species 
of wild deer. Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in hunt- 
ing for wild deer to use or carry a rifle of any kind or description, or any 
firearm or shotgun of a smaller caliber than twelve gauge, or to load such 

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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— NEW JERSEY. 



firearms or shotgun with a bullet or other missile larger than that com- 
monly known as buckshot. Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
hunt for, stalk, chase with dogs or shoot at any wild deer except by day- 
light on the days now or hereafter designated by law. Sec. 4. It shall be 
unlawful at all times hereafter for any person to hunt for any wild deer 
with a dog or dogs. 

Silencer. — Act of April 7, 1911. — 1. It shall be unlawful to use any 
silencer, when hunting for game or fowl, on any gun, rifle or firearm. 

Game Broug^bt into State. — Chap. 202, Laws 1908. — Sec. 1. Whenever by 
the laws of any other State or country it shall be lawful to take out of 
the confines of said State or country any game, w^hether the same be fowl 
or animal, it shall be lawful to bring such game within the State of New 
Jersey. Sec. 38 [as amended 1908]. Whenever in the act of which this act 
is amendatory, the possession of fowl or game is prohibited, reference is 
had equally to such fowl or game coming from without the State as to that 
taken within the State. 

LICENSE. 

Resident Huntings License. — Chap. 270, Laws 1909. — Sec. 1. No citizen of 
this State shall at any lime hunt any of the game birds, wild animals or 
fowl which are protected during any part of the year, and, for the purpose 
of this act, the word citizen shall be construed to mean any person who 
has resided, or shall reside bona fide in this State for the period of one 
year immediately preceding the application for license: Provided, how- 
ever. That the occupant of any farm, and the immediate members of the 
family of said occupant, residing on said farm, shall have the right, with- 
out such license to hunt on said farm any wild animal or fowl protected 
by law: Provided, however, That the words "members of the family of 
said occupant" shall not be taken to include any employee or tenant of 
said occupant. Said license shall be procured from any county, city, 
borough, town, township or village clerk, and the applicant shall pay 
$1 as a license fee, together with 15 cents as a fee for issuing. 

Non-Resident License. — Chap. 243, Laws 1908. — Sec. 1. No non-resident 
shall at any time kill any game or fowl without first having procured a 
license so to do from the clerk of any county. Said applicant shall pay to 
the clerk $10 as a license fee, together with 50 cents as the fee of the clerk. 
Sec. 4. Any person licensed under the provisions of this act may, in anv 
one day, remove from the State birds to a number not exceeding fifteen, and 
rabbits to a number not exceeding ten: Provided, however. That no re- 
moval shall be made except the birds or rabbits be exposed to open view. 

Unnaturalized; Aliens. — Chap. 76, Laws 1908. — Sec. 1. No unnaturalized, 
foreign-born resident of this State shall at any time hunt any game or 
fowl without first having procured a license so to do from the clerk of anj? 
county, city, town or township or other municipality. And said applicant 
shall pay to the clerk $10 as a license fee, together with 50 cents as the fee 
of the clerk: Provided, That the owner or owners, lessee or lessees of farm 
land, if residing on said farm land, shall have the right to hunt, pursue 
and kill game and fowl on the farm land of which he or they are the bona 
fide owner or owners, lessee or lessees, without procuring such unnatural- 
ized, foreign-born resident license. 

FISH. 
Anglins Methods. — Act April 14, 1903. — Sec. 25 [as amended 1908]. It 
shall be unlawful to take any fish from any of the waters of this State by 
means of any contrivance whatsoever, excepting in the manner commonly 
known as angling with hand line or with rod and line: Provided, That it 
shall be lawful to take minnow and other baitflsh with a seine not over 

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fifty feet in length in all ponds and lakes which have an area of over 
one hundred acres,* and in all other waters with a seine not over thirty 
feet in length. 

Carp or Tench Bait. — Sec. 26. It shall be unlawful at all times to use 
the young- of any species of carp or tench for bait in any of the waters of 
this State, or to take to any of such waters the young of any species of 
carp or tench for bait or for any other purpose. 

Bass, Pike-Perch. — Sec. 27. It shall be unlawful to take any black bass, 
Oswego bass, white bass, calico bass, crappie or pike-perch, excepting only 
from the 20th day of May to the last day of November, both dates inclusive. 

Pike, Pickerel. — Sec. 28. It shall be unlawful to take any pike or pickerel, 
excepting only from the 20th of May to the last day of November, and from 
the 1st day of January to the 1st day of February, all dates inclusive. 

Trout. — Sec. 29. It shall be unlawful to catch any brook trout except only 
from the 1st day of April to the 15th day of July, both dates inclusive. 

Trout Catch. — Act of April 15, 1911. — 1. It shall be unlawful to take in 
any o-ne day more than twenty-flve trout. 

Night Fishing. — Sec. 30. It shall be unlawful in any manner to take any 
trout, bass, pike-perch or pickerel between 9 o'clock In the evening and 
daylight of the morning following. 

Fish, Sizes. — Sec. 31. It shall be unlawful to kill any black bass, Oswego 
bass, white bass or calico bass measuring less than nine inches, or any 
pike-perch measuring less than twelve inches, or any trout measuring less 
than six inches, or any pike or pickerel measuring less than twelve inches, 
except for the purpose of stocking, at the direction of the Commissioners, 
or upon license from such Board; Provided, That the Esox fasciatus (known 
as Long Island pickerel, varied pickerel and grass pike) is not included 
among the fish protected by this section. 

Set Lines, Lawful Tackle. — Sec. 35. It shall be unlawful to use in any 
waters inhabited by pickerel, pike, pike-perch, black bass, Oswego bass, 
white bass, calico bass, perch or trout, any set-line or set-lines, or to use 
upon a line for the taking of fish in such waters any contrivance having 
more than three hooks, or more than one burr of three hooks attached 
tliereto. Sec. 36. It shall be unlawful at all times to use any artificial bait 
with more than three hooks or more than one burr of three hooks at- 
tached thereto. 

Striped Bass. — Act May 1, 1911. — 1. It shall be unlawful to kill or have 
in possession, at any time, any striped bass measuring less than ten inches 
in length. 

Ice Fisliing. — Act May 15, 1907. It shall be unlawful to take any fish 
by any line with hooks attached thereto, or any other device, net or tackle 
operated through an opening in the ice or drawn beneath such ice. 



*The lakes in New Jersey exceeding a hundred acres each in area, and in which 
accordingly no spearing is permitted, are the following: Mays Landing Pond, Hanover 
Pond, Harrisville Pond, Willow Grove Pond, Pompton Lake, Eiidds Lake, Denmark 
Pond, Green Pond, Hopatcong Lake, Split Rock Pond, Cedar Pond, Greenwood Lake, 
Long Pond (Andover), Halloway Pond, Cranberry Pond, Culver's Lake, Little Swarts- 
wood. Long Pond, Losee Pond, Morris Lake, Stanhope Reservoir, Wawayanda Lake 
and Green Lake. 




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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— NEW HAMPSHIRE^ 
NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

Game Code Approved March 20, 1001, as Amended 1911. 
Moose, Caribou, Elk. — Sec. 15. No person shall kill any moose, caribou 
or elk. 

Deer. — Sec. 16. No person shall kill any deer within the limits of tlie 
county of Coos, except during the months of October and November, or 
within the limits of the counties of Grafton and Carroll, except during the 
month of November and the first fifteen days of December, or within the 
limits of the counties of Sullivan, Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Bel- 
knap, Strafford and Rockingham, except during the first fifteen days of 
December^ and then within the limits of the counties of Hillsborough, 
Merrimack, Belknap and Rockingham with shotguns only, using a single 
ball or loose buckshot. [By act of 1911, rifles may be used in these Merri- 
mack county towns: Andover, Wilmot, Danbury, Hill, New London, Sutton, 
Bradford, Warner, Salisbury, Henniker, Newbury.] Sec. 17. No person 
shall kill more than two deer in Coos, Grafton or Carroll; or one deer in 
Rockingham, Strafford, Belknap, Merrimack, Hillsborough, Cheshire and 
Sullivan counties. [Use of dogs and lights forbidden.] 

Hare, Rabbit. — Sec. 25. If any person shall take any hare or rabbit be- 
tween the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October, he shall be fined. 
[Perrett forbidden.] 

Raccoon. — Sec. 26. No person shall, between the 1st day of January and 
the 1st day of October in any year, kill any raccoon. 

Gray Squirrels. — Act of March 22, 1907. — Sec. 1. If any person shall, be- 
tween the date of the passage of this act and Oct. 1, A.D. 1913, take or kill 
any gray squirrel, he shall be punished. [Close season thereafter, Jan. 1 to 
Oct. 1.] 

Deer, Transportation, Export, Sale. — Sec. 32. No person shall transport 
within this State any deer or any parts thereof, except heads, for mounting, 
unless open to view, tagged and plainly labeled with the name of the actual 
owner. 

Game Birds. — Sec. 36. If any person shall, between- the 31st day of Janu- 
ary and the 1st day of October, kill any plover, yellowlegs, sandpiper, duck, 
except sheldrake, or rail, he shall be fined. Sec. 42. If any person shall, 
between the 1st day of December and the 1st day of October next following, 
kill any woodcock, ruffed grouse, partridge, quail, or Wilson snipe, or shall 
at any time kill or have in possession any of said birds, except for con- 
sumption as food, within the State, he shall be fined. Except that in Coos 
and Grafton counties, woodcock may be killed between the 15th day of 
September and the 1st day of December following. Sec. 38. The provisions 
of the preceding sections shall not be construed to prevent the shooting of 
beach birds, so-called, teal and coot, so-called, within the limits of Rock- 
ingham county, after the 15th day of July, or to prevent the shooting of 
black or dusky duck, so called, on tide waters and salt marshes, within 
said county, after the 31st day of August. 

Blue Heron, Bald Eagle. — Sec. 45. If any person shall at any time kill 
any blue heron, American or bald eagle, he shall be punished. 

Export. — Sec. 46. If any person shall have in possession for transporta- 
tion out of the State, any of the birds mentioned in this act, such person 
shall be fined. 

Pheasants. — Act of Feb. 17, 1909. — Sec. 1. No person shall kill a pheasant, 
or any variety of foreign game birds which may hereafter be introduced. 

lioons. — Chap. 34, Laws 1905. — Sec. 1. No person shall hunt, take, kill or 
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destroy a loon inhabiting- any of the fresh waters of this State. [Forbidden 
to take the eggs.] 

AVoodduok, Killdeer. Upland Plover. — Act 1911. — Sec. 1. No person shall 
kill for the period of five year.s from the date of the passage of this act, 
any -wood or summer duck, any killdeer plover, or any Bartram's sandpiper, 
commonly called upland plover. 

Size of Gun.-^Chap. 98, Lavi^s 1905. — Sec. 1. If any person shall kill any 
game bird with any punt-g-un, swivel-gun, or other gun not fired from the 
shoulder, or of larger bore than ten gauge, he shall be fined. 

Power Boat!!). — Act of March 10, 1909. — Sec. 1. Hunting and shooting wild 
animals and birds from motor boats, or power boats, upon any of the 
waters of this State, including tide waters within the three-mile limit, are 
hereby prohibited. 

Resident Hunting License. — Act of Feb. 19, 1909. — Sec. 1. No citizen of 
the United States, residing in New Hampshire, shall kill any wild animals 
or birds without having first procured a permit to so kill; the cost of each 
permit shall be $1. Sec. 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to pro- 
hibit landowners, or occupants of lands leased for agricultural purposes, 
from killing wild animals or birds upon lands so owned or occupied. 

Non-Resident License. — Chap. 38, Lawfe 1905. — Sec. 1. If any person not 
a bona fide resident of this State and actually domiciled therein for a 
period of six months, or any alien not holding first papers, shall kill any 
wild animals, -wild fowl or bird without having first procured a license, he 
shall be fined. Sec. 2. For the purpose of this act any resident of another 
State who owns real estate situated within this State -which is assessed 
for taxation at a value of not less than $1,000, shall have the right to hunt 
without a license. Sec. 3. The commissioners may issue a license to a 
non-resident [fee $10]. Sec. 5. Each license shall be provided with two 
coupons, -which shall each permit the transportation- of the carcass of one 
deer, or parts thereof. Sec. 6. The purchaser of a non-resident hunting 
license shall be entitled to have transported, -within or without this State, 
the carcass, or parts of the carcass, of one deer for each of the coupons. 
Sec. 8. Each non-resident hunting license shall entitle the purchaser there- 
of to carry from the State not more than twelve wild fowl or birds of all 
Icinds, the exportation of which are prohibited by law, in any one calendar 
year: Provided, The owner thereof shall carry them open to view, and shall 
have informed, by letter or other-wise, the commissioner who issued the 
license as to the number and kinds of wild fowl or birds which he intends 
to carry from the State. 

p-ishinff. — Act March 20, 1901. — Sec. 45. If any person shall take salmon, 
brook or speckled trout, aureolus or golden trout, lake trout, land-locked 
or fresh water salmon, bass, pike, pike-perch, white perch, pickerel, 
shad, shad-waiters, white fish or blue fins with any other device than the 
ordinary way of angling with a single hoo.k and line, with bait, artificial 
flies or spoon, he shall be fined. Sec. 47. But any person may take shiners 
for bait, with a seine, if sucli person shall procure the services of some 
person designated by any of the Fish and Game Commissioners to accom- 
pany him. Sec. 48. If any person shall use. except in tide waters, more 
than ten lines with one single hook on each line when fishing through the 
ice. he shall be fined. 

YounpT Salmon. — Sec. 55. No person shall take from any of the waters 
-of this State any young salmon known as parr smolt, or grilse, at any time. 
Other Fish. — Sec. 54. No person shall take from the waters of Lake 
Winnipesaukee, Lake Paugus or Lake Winnisquam any lake trout or land- 
locked salmon between the 15th day of June and the 1st day of January, 

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or from any of the other waters of the State between the 15th day of 
September and the 1st day of January. And no person shall take any 
whiteflsh, known as shad, shad waiters, bill fish or blue fins, between the 
1st day of May and the 1st day of January. 

Trout. — Sec. 52. No person shall take any brook or speckled trout be- 
tween the 31st day of July in any year and the 1st day of April next fol- 
lowing, except that brook or speckled trout may be taken in the waters 
of Coos, Grafton and Carroll counties during the month of August, but not 
during the month of April. And except that it shall be lawful to take 
trout from the waters of Lake Sunapee during the month of August, and 
within the lakes and ponds of Coos, Grafton and Carroll counties during 
the first fourteen days of September. 

Pike-Perch, White Perch, Black Bass. — Sec. 54. If any person shall take 
any pike-perch, white perch or black bass in any of the waters of this 
State, except tide waters, during the months of May and June in any 
year, except with fly after June 15, he shall be fined. 

Maskelonse, Pickerel, Pike, Greyling. — Sec. 56. If any person shall take 
any muskelonge, pickerel, pike or greyling between the 15th day of January 
and the 1st day of June next following, except that pickerel may be taken 
in January, February and March from the waters of Lakes Winnipesaukee, 
Massabesic, Winnisquam, Asquam and Wentworth, and that pike may be 
taken in January, February and March from the waters of Lake Spofford 
or Chesterfield, he shall be fined 

Introduced Fish. — Sec. 62. If any person shall take any variety of fish 
which have been introduced by the Fish and Game Commissioners within 
five years from their introduction he shall be fined. 

Trout Unilt. — Sec. 63. If any person shall take or kill more than 10 
pounds of brook or speckled trout in any one calendar day he shall be 
fined. 

Ice Fishing'. — Sec. 64. If any person shall take, or have in his possession, 
any brook or speckled trout, or any land-locked salmon taken through the 
ice (except land-locked salmon, when they inhabit the same waters as lake 
trout), he shall be fined. 

Sizes of Fish. — Sec. 65. If any person shall take, kill or have in posr 
session any brook trout of a length less than 5 inches, a black bass of a 
length less than 8 inches, a landlocked salmon or a pickerel less than 12 
inches, or an aureolus or golden trout of less than 10 inches, he shall be 
fined. 

What Are Public AVaters. — Sec. 70. All natural ponds and lakes con- 
taining more than twenty acres shall be deemed public waters. 

Lake Sunapee. — [Chap. 71, Laws 1905, forbids fishing in Lake Sunapee 
with more than two lines.] Chap. 114, Laws 1905. — Sec. 1. If any person 
shall take or kill any black bass in the waters of Lake Sunapee during the 
months of May and June in any year, except with fiy after June 9, he shall 
be fined. Sec. 2. It shall be lawful for any person to take or kill pickerel 
by hook and line at any time in the waters of said Lake Sunapee. 

Catch by Trolling. — Act of April 9, 1909. — Sec. 1. No person, and no 
party irrespective of the number of persons therein, trolling from any 
one boat, upon any of the fresh waters of this State, shall take or kill 
more than six lake trout or salmon, or both, in any one calendar day. 

Horn-Pout, Bull-Head. — Act March 22, 1911. — Sec. 1. If any person shall 
take any cat-fish, commonly called horn-pout or bull-head, between the 
15th day of January and the 1st day of June, inclusive, he shall be pun- 
ished. 

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NEW MEXICO. 

Chapter 83, Laws 1909. 
Hunting,- Licenses. — Sec. 1. No person shall kill game without a hunting 
license procured from game warden or county clerk. Fee for general hunt- 
ing license, including all game, resident $1.50; non-resident, $25. Fee for 
big game license (including wild turkey), resident $1, non-resident $5. Fee 
for bird license (excluding wild turkey), resident $1, non-resident $5, 
alien $10. Guide license (resident only), fee $5. Fishing license for non- 
resident $1. 

Open Seasons. — Sec. 4. The open seasons for taking and possessing game 
and fish are, both dates inclusive: Deer with horns, from Oct. 15 to Nov. 15. 
Grouse, native or crested, Messina, California or helmet quail, from Oct. 1 
to Dec. 31. Wild turkey, from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. Prairie chicken, from 
Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, beginning with the year 1915. Doves, from Aug. 1 to 
Oct. 31. Snipe, curlew, plover, Sept. 15 to March 1. Antelope, pheasant, 
bob-white quail, wild pigeon, protected to 1914. 

Bagf Limit. — Sec. 7. The right to take is limited to 2 wild turkeys, 6 
grouse, 20 ducks, 30 other birds, 15 pounds of trout (not less than 6 inches 
in length), 15 pounds of bass (not less than 7 inches in length), in one 
calendar day; and in a season, one deer with horns. No person shall have 
in possession at one time more than 4 wild turkeys, 6 grouse, 30 ducks, 30 
other birds, or more than 25 pounds of bass or trout. [Possession permitted 
first five days of close seasons.] 

E]liv, Mountain Slieep, Beaver, Ptarmigan. — Act of 1905. — Sec. 1. It shall 
be unlawful to kill, at any time, elk, mountain sheep, beaver or ptarmigan. 

exportation. — Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful to transport outside the Ter- 
ritory any of the game, birds or animals, or the flesh or hides thereof. 

Game Fisli. — Act of March 7, 1903. — Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful to catch 
any species of trout or game fish unless such fish be caught between the 
15th day of May and the 15th day of October. Sec. 5. No game fish shall be 
taken unless such fish be of a length not less than six inches. Sec. 12. 
Game fish, as defined by this act are small and large mouth bass and 
speckled trout of whatsoever variety or species. 

Limit of Fisli Catcli. — Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
catch or kill or have in possession, in any one day, more than fifteen pounds 
of speckled trout or more than twenty-five pounds of bass. 



TENNESSEE. 

Cliapter 169, Lavrs 1903, as Amended 1911. 
Seasons. — Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful to kill any of the game in this 
State, except within the times or seasons as herein prescribed. The open 
season or time when game may be lawfully shot or killed shall be as fol- 
lows: Deer, of any age or species, protected until Oct. 1, 1915. Quail, Nov. 
15 to March 1. Grouse of any species, pheasants of any species (except 
English ring-necked pheasants), partridges, meadow larks and wild turkeys, 
from Nov. 1 to March 1. Swan, geese, brant, ducks, river, lake or sea ducks 
of any species (except teal, summer or wood ducks), from Oct. 1 to April 15. 
Rails, coots, mudhens, plovers, snipe, woodcock, sandpipers, tattlers, willets, 
curlews, godwits, avocets, marsh blackbirds and robins, from Oct. 1 to 
April 15. Doves, teal and summer or wood ducks, from Aug. 1 to April 15. 
English ring-necked pheasants, from Dec. 1 to Jan. 1. Rabbits at all sea- 
sons and sold without license. Squirrels, June 1 to March 1 [except in cer- 
tain counties]. 

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Methodm, Suuday. — Sec. 6. No person shall kill any game animals or 
game birds in any otlier way than by shooting: them with a gun, nor shall 
any person use any gun other than held in the hands and fired from 
shoulder, and of a gauge not larger than No. 8, nor use any fire or light or 
other contrivance whatever with intent to attract or deceive or to blind 
any game birds or animals, except that decoys may be used in shooting 
ducks, geese or brant. Nor shall any person shoot after sunset or before 
sunrise at any wild ducks, wild geese, brant or other wild fowl. There 
shall be no shooting or having in possession in the open air implements for 
shooting on 1st day of the week, called Sunday, except to transport such 
implements, nor shall any person shoot on or from a park or highway. 

IVou-ReHidcnt. — Sec. 9. Any person who is a non-resident and who desires 
to liunt in this State shall first procure a license [the fee for which is $10]. 
A non-resident land owner whose annual tax amounts to not less than $100 
shall be entitled to a license witliout payment of any fee. 

Kxport. — Sec. 10. A non-resident who desires to take game out of the 
State must liave in his possession a non-resident license; must make written 
statement duly sworn to that the game is not for sale and will not be sold; 
and lie must accompany the game. Chap. 185, Laws 1907. — A licensed non- 
resident hunter or shooter shall not take witli him from the State, exceed- 
ing 50 ducks, or 30 head of other game. [Except as here provided, export 
is forbidden.] 

Bag I.lmtt. — Chap. 515, Laws 1905. — Sec. 21. It shall be unlawful for any 
person to shoot or kill in any one day during tlie open season more than 
fifty ducks, or, in the aggregate, more than thirty liead of any of tlie otlier 
game birds specified in Chapter 169, Acts of 190;!. 

KImIi. — There are no close seasons for angling. 



VIRGINIA. 

Code of 1S87 »n Amended 1»10. 

Trout and Has.-*. — Sec. 2108 [as amended by Chap. 182, Laws 1906]. It 
shall be unlawful to kill mountain trout at any time, except that the board 
of supervisors of any county may permit angling with liook and line under 
such conditions and at sucli times and places as they may designate; or (2) 
to kill any river bass (commonly called black bass, or black percli) or pond 
bass (commonly called Southern chub), between the 15th day of May and 
the 1st day of July. 

INttomac FLsliiuK'. — Chap. 627, Laws 1896. — Sec. 1. That it shall not be 
lawful to catch any black bass, green bass, rock bass, pike (or pickerel), 
or wall-eyed pike (commonly known as salmon), in Potomac River between 
the 15th day of April and the 1st day of June. [Law does not apply below 
Little Falls, near Washington.] 

Methods.— Sec. 2070a (1) It shall be unlawful to kill any wild water fowl 
or wild turkey during the night, or to capture them in traps or nets or 
other contrivances, or to use reflectors or other lights, or sneak boats or 
artificial islands in detecting or capturing or shooting of wild fowl or game 
of any kind, or to shoot at any game on land or water with a gun larger 
than an eight-bore. 

SliootluK- .SeaNouM.— Sec. 2076a [as amended 1908]. It shall be unlawful to 
kill any wild turkeys, pheasants, grouse, Quail, partridges or woodcock 
east of the Blue Ridge Mountains between Feb. 1 and Nov. 1, and west of 
the Blue Ridge Mountains between Dec. 31 and Nov. 1; or any deer be- 
tween l>ec. 1 and Sept. 1; oi- any wild water fowl between May 1 and Oct. 

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15; or summer or wood duck between Jan. 1 and Aug-. 1; or any rails, mud- 
hens, g-allinules, plover, surf birds, snipe, except Wilson or English snipe, 
sandpiper, willets, tattlers or curlews, between Jan. 1 and July 20, or robins 
between April 1 and Feb. 15, or hares (or rabbits) between Feb. 1 and Nov. 
1. [Hunting- game on snow forbidden.] [Chap. 299, Laws 1910, makes 
special close seasons for Brunswick and Greenesville counties as follows: 
Deer, Feb. 1 to Oct. 1. Ducks, Jan. 1 to Aug. 1. Rail, mudhen, gallinule, 
plover, surf birds, curlew, Jan. 1 to July 20. Doves, Jan. 15 to Aug. 15.] 

Buck Bay. — Act March 8, 1902. Unlawful to kill wildfowl between sunset 
and sunrise; or except from land; or on Wednesdays or Saturdays; or to 
shoot over decoys from April 1 to Oct. 20. The "peter" or "blue peter" may 
be kiled in any way after Feb. 1. 

Night, Sunday. — (3) It shall be unlawful to hunt any game birds, or game 
animals later than a half hour after sunset or earlier than a half hour 
before sunrise, or on Sunday. 

.Sora. — (6) Nothing in this section shall be construed to refer to the Sora. 

Nou-Resiident License. — Sec. 2070c. (1) It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son not a resident of this State to kill wild water fowl, wild turkey, pheas- 
ant or grouse, woodcock, partridge, quail or other game birds, or deer, until 
lie shall have first secured a hunting license: Provided, however, The non- 
resident child of resident owners of land shall be allowed to hunt on the 
lands of his parent; and the non-resident guest of a resident land owner 
shall be allowed to hunt on the lands of his host when accompanied by said 
host or a member of his host's family; provided said host receives no com- 
pensation, directly or indirectly, from said guest. (2) Upon a personal ap- 
plication of any non-resident to the clerk of the Circuit Court of any county 
in which he first begins to hunt, such clerk shall, upon the payment of $10, 
issue to such non-resident a hunting license entitling him to hunt and kill 
wild water fowl, wild turkey, pheasant or grouse, woodcock, partridges, 
quail and other game birds during the open season. 

ICxport. — (3) It shall be unlawful, except as hereinafter provided, to 
ship or transport from this State, whether alive or dead, wild water fowl 
wild turkeys, pheasants or grouse, woodcock, partridge, quail, or other 
game birds, or any deer or venison, killed or captured within this State. 
(4) Any person authorized to hunt may, during the open season, take with 
liim out of the State, either in his personal possession, or as his baggage, 
on the same conveyance with him, not in a closed package, but exposed to 
view, not exceeding thirty wild water fowl, fifty quail or partridges, ten 
pheasants or grouse, three wild turkeys, one deer, or plovers, snipe, sand- 
pipers, willits, tattlers or curlews, not exceeding twenty-five of each, or 
not exceeding one hundred in the aggregate, when killed or captured by 
himself: Provided, The same shall be plainly labeled or tagged with the 
name and address of such person; and any citizen of this State may, during 
tlie open season, ship or have transported from the State, as a gift, and 
not for market or sale, so stating on the shipping tag, one deer during the 
season, and not exceeding three wild turkeys, six pheasants, twelve wild 
water fowl, eighteen partridges or quail: Provided, That such game shall 
be shipped exposed to public view and unconcealed, and each parcel or 
package shall be plainly labeled or tagged with the name and address of 
the donor and of the donee, and the number of each of such game so 
shipped. This section shall not apply to sora, or rabbits or hares. 

Birds Not Game. — Sec. 2079. It shall be unlawful at any time to kill or 
capture the turkey buzzard, or black buzzard, to kill or ship alive out of 
the State the mocking bird, or kill or capture the thrush, goldfinch, oriole, 
wren, rain crow, cardinal or redbird, wood robin, bluebird, martin, or any 
wild bird other than the game birds herein named: Provided, That noth- 

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ing- herein contained shall be construed to apply to the English sparrow, owl, 
hawk, eagle, crow, blackbird, rice bird, Wilson or English snipe, or robin 
snipe or doves. 

Rabbits are protected in Accomac, Northampton, Jan. 15 to Nov. 15. Alex- 
andria, Jan. 1 to Oct. 1. Amelia, Charlotte, Greenesville, Spottsylvania, 
Sussex, Feb. 1 to Oct. 1. Buckingham, Cumberland, Feb. 15 to Oct. 15. 
Caroline, Essex, Hanover, Henrico, King William, Feb. 1 to Nov. 1. Chester- 
field, Feb. 1 to Sept. 1. Culpeper, Orange, Jan. 15 to Nov. 1. Elizabeth City, 
Feb. 1 to Nov. 15. Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Jan. 1 to 
Nov. 1. Halifax, Feb. 1 to Oct. 15. Nottaway, Jan. 1 to Sept. 1. Shenandoah, 
March 1 to Nov. 1. Stafford, Feb. 1 to Sept. 15. 

Mongolian, Gngrlisli Pheasants protected always in Albemarle, Alleghany, 
Bath, Bedford, Culpeper, Highland, Louisa, Montgomery, Orange. Fairfax, 
Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Jan. 1 to Nov. 1. Shenandoah, Feb. 1 
to Oct. 1. 



FLORIDA. 

Deer. — Act of 1903. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful to kill, or have in 
possession any wild deer except during the months of November, December 
and January. 

Game Birds. — Sec. 3 [as amended 1905.] No person or persons shall kill 
any wild turkey, quail or partridges, save only from the 1st day of Novem- 
ber until the 1st day of March. No person shall kill more than two wild 
turkeys, or more than twenty quail, and no party of two or more persons 
shall kill more than four wild turkeys or more than forty quail in any one 
day; and no person shall kill more than five wild turkeys in any one year. 
[Ducks may not be killed after sunset and before sunrise.] 

Transportation. — Sec. 4. That any person who shall ship any deer, deer 
hide or hides, venison, wild turkey, quail or partridge beyond the limits of 
the county in which the same were killed, shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor: Provided, Hunters or hunting parties may take their game 
home with them in this State, but not for sale. 

Non-Resident License. — Sec. 6. That all persons who are not citizens of 
this State, before hunting, shall apply to the clerk of the Circuit Court of 
the county the said non-citizen proposes to hunt in, and upon the payment 
of $10, the clerk shall issue a permit to hunt in said county, and it shall be 
unlawful for any non-citizen of this State to hunt in this State without first 
obtaining said permit, which permit shall expire on the 1st day of March 
next following the date of its issue: Provided, That the provisions of this 
act shall not apply to counties having special game laws. 

[Imported Partridge and Plieasant are protected to 1912.] 

Fire-Hunting' Deer. — Act of May 19, 1891. — Sec. 3. That no person shall 
at any time hunt wild deer in the night time by means of fire, lamp or any 
artificial light. 

Birds Other Than Game Act of May 29, 1901. — Sec. 1. No person shall 

kill or catch or have in possession, living or dead, any wild bird other than 
a game bird. For the purposes of this act the following only shall be con- 
sidered game birds: The Anatidse, commonly known as swans, geese, brant, 
and river and sea ducks; the Rallidae, commonly known as rails, coots, mud- 
hens and gallinules; the Limicolse, commonly known as shore-birds, plovers, 
surf birds, snipe, woodcock, sand pipers, tattlers, and curlews; the Gallinae, 
commonly known as wild turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, par- 
tridges and quails, also turtle doves, tame and wild pigeons and robins. 

Scientific Specimens. — Sec. 5. Certificates may be granted by the Com- 
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mlssloner of Agriculture of the State of Florida, or by any Incorporated so- 
ciety of natural history In the State, to any properly accredited person of 
the age of fifteen years or upward, permitting' the holder thereof to collect 
birds, their nests or eggs, for strictly scientific purposes only. 

Birds Not Protected. — Sec. 7. The English sparrow, sharp-shinned hawk 
(commonly known as the little blue darter). Cooper's hawk (known as the 
big blue darter), great horned owl, crow, rice bird, meadow lark, jackdaw 
and butcher bird, are not included among the birds protected by this act. 
Sec. 8. Nothing in this act shall prevent any citizen of the State of Florida 
from destroying birds which are found injuring grapes, fruits, garden or 
farm products on his premises oi; from taking or keeping in a cage any 
cardinal red bird or mocking bird for his own pleasure and amusement: 
Provided, That the same shall not be sold or shipped out of the State. 

West Palm Beach. — Act May 17, 1901. — Sec. 1. Any person who shall kill, 
rapture or shoot any deer, alligator, crocodile, water-fowl, or any wild bird 
(excepting crows) within one mile of tlie corporation limits of the town of 
West Palm Beach, shall be punished. 

Wild Dticks. — Chap. 4781. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful to shoot wild 
ducks between the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October. 



Fish. — There are no close seasons for angling. 



LOUISIANA. 

Law of 1910. 

Game Birds. — Sec. 2. The following only shall be considered game birds: 
wild geese, brant, wild sea and river ducks, woodducks. gros bees, rails 
(mudhens), coots (poule d'eau), gallinules, snipe, woodcock, sandpipers 
(chorooks and papabotte), tattlers, curlews, plover, wild turkey, imported 
pheasants and partridges, grouse, prairie chickens, quail, doves, robins and 
red-winged blackbirds. 

Season.s. — Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful to kill any of the following named 
game birds during the close seasons noted herein: Doves, woodducks and 
sandpipers, from March 1 to Sept. 1. Wild geese, brant, wfld sea and river 
ducks, rails (mudhens), coots (poule d'eau). gallinules. tattlers, curlew and 
plover, from March 15 to Oct. 1. Wild turkey cocks, from April 15 to Nov. 1. 
Quail (bob white), red-winged blackbirds and robins, from March 15 to 
Nov. 15. Blue-winged teal and snipe, from April 1 to Sept. 15. Florida 
ducks, commonly called black mallards, from March 1 to Aug. 1. Papabotte 
or upland plover, chorooks and gros bees from April 1 to July 1. Woodcock, 
from March 1 to Dec. 1. Sec. 4. Prairie chickens, killdeer, pheasants (im- 
ported or native), Hungarian partridges and wild turkey hens, shall not 
be killed at any time until Dec. 1, 1915, and thereafter from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. 

Limit. — Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill more than one 
wild turkey cock, 25 ducks or poule d'eau, or 15 of any other game birds, 
in any one day during the open seasons named herein. Nor shall any hunt- 
ing be done between the hours of one hour after sunset and one hour be- 
fore sunrise. 

Shipment. — Sec. 11. It shall be unlawful to ship beyond the confines of 
the State any game birds noted herein. Each Tion-resident hunter may 
carry or ship home under his license, or as baggage, if exposed to view, not 
more than one wild turkey cock, 25 ducks, snipe or rail, or 15 of any other 
game birds. [Packages must be labeled.] 

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liicenses. — Sec. 17. It shall be unlawful for any resident to hunt game 
birds on other than lands which he owns, leases or rents, unless he is the 
owner of the hunting license. [License fee $1.1 Sec. 18. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any non-resident, or unnaturalized foreign-born resident, except 
when an unnaturalized person resides on his own property, to hunt game 
birds, unless he has in his possession the hunting license. All non-resi- 
dents coming into the State to hunt game birds, shall report in writing upon 
arrival at their destination to the parish game warden. [License fee $15; 
good throughout the State.] 

[Deer protected from Jan. 1 to Oct. 1. Does and fawns always.] 

[Bear protected from Feb. 1 to Nov. 1.] 



ARIZONA. 

Chapter 25, Laws 1905, Amended 1911. 

Game Birds. — Sec. 4. Every person who, between the 1st day of February 
and the l.'ith day of October in each year, shall kill or have in possession, 
except for purposes of propagation, any quail, bob white, partridge, grouse, 
pheasant, snipe or rail, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [For wild turkey 
see Section 11, below.] 

Gun. — Sec. 6. Every person who shall use a shotgun of a larger caliber 
thaUj No. 10 gauge, for killing any wild turkey, dove, quail,, bob white, 
partridge, grouse, pheasant, wild duck, wild goose, snipe or rail, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Big Game. — Sec. 11. Every person who, except betw^een the 16th day of 
September and the 1st day of December, shall kill or have in his posses- 
sion any male deer or wild turkey, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 
12. Every person who shall at any time kill any camel, elk, mountain 
goat, mountain sheep, female deer or spotted fawn, shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor. Sec. 13. Every person who shall kill or have in his posses- 
sion more than three male deer in one open season, or the carcass of any deer 
from which the natural evidence of sex has been removed, or who shall 
kill or have in his possession more than twenty-five qviail in any one day, 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

[Antelope protected to 1913.] 

Trout. — Sec. 14. Every person who shall, except between the 1st day of 
June and the 1st day of September in each year, take any brook trout, 
mountain or rainbow trout, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Bass, Crappie. — Sec. 15. Every person who, except between the 1st day of 
September and the 1st day of December, shall take any black bass, straw- 
berry bass or crappie. shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Size of Fish. — Sec. 16. Every person w^ho shall take any fish protected by 
this act less than seven inches in length, is hereby required to return the 
said fish, as little injured as possible, to the waters. 

Lawful Catch. — Sec. 18. Every person who shall in any one day take 
more than 20 pounds, or a greater number of fish than 40, of brook, moun- 
tain or rainbow trout, black bass, strawberry bass, crappie or catfish, shall 
be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Kxport. — Sec. 19. Any common carrier, or private individual, who shall 
transport any of the game animals or game birds or fish mentioned in this 
act outside the limits of this Territory shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

License. — Sec. 23. Any person not a bona fide resident of this Territory 
who shall at any time kill any deer ■without first having procured from a 
fish and game commissioner of the Territory a license permitting him to 
kill three male deer in the open season of that calendar year, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor. [Fee, $10.] 

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UTAH. 

Fish. — Act in effect March 11, 1909. — Sec. 12. It shall be a misdemeanor 
to take any fish only between the 14th day of June and the 1st day of 
December following, and it shall be a misdemeanor to take, or have in 
possession any bass less than 8 inches long, or any trout, mountain herring, 
or any other game fish less than 6 inches long: Provided, That the word 
"angling" is defined to be fishing with a rod or pole held in the hand or 
hands, the rod or pole to have attached thereto only one line and the line 
to have attached thereto artificial hoo.ks not exceeding two in number, or 
two baited hooks, or one baited fish hook with not more than one gang of 
not more than three hooks or one trolling spoon with not more than one 
gang of not more than three hooks. Sec. 13. It shall be unlawful for any 
person to catch more than 15 pounds of any or all of said variety or species of 
fish in any one day. Sec. 19. It shall be a misdemeanor to fish from the 
back of a horse, or to travel up or down any stream on horseback while 
fishing for trout or mountain herring; or to fish by fire or lamp light at 
night. 

Big- Game. — -Seg. 21. It^ shall be a misdemeanor for the next succeeding 
four years to shoot at or kill any deer, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, otter, X 
or beaver, or any other game animals. It shall be lawful for any resident 
to kill deer from Oct. 15 to Nov. 15, but it shall be unlawful for any person 
to kill more than one deer during any open season. Sec. 22. It shall be a 
misdemeanor to pursue with a dog any of the animals mentioned in Sec. 21. 

Birds. — Sec. 23. It shall be a misdemeanor for the next succeeding four 
years to shoot at or kill any partridge, prairie chicken, sage hen, grouse, 
Mongolian or Chinese pheasant, English pheasant, pinnated grouse or quail: 
Provided, That it shall be lawful to kill quail in Washington, Garfield and 
Kane counties between the 1st day of August and the 1st day of February, 
and in Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Utah, Sevier and Carbon counties during 
the month of October: Provided further, That it shall be lawful to kill sage 
hens in the following counties: Rich, Box Elder, Sevier, Wasatch, Weber, 
Uintah, Carbon, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Bever, Kane, Millard, Morgan, 
Piute, San Juan, Summit, Wayne, Sanpete and Washington, between Aug. 1 
and Dec. 1. And it shall be lawful to kill mourning doves in all the coun- 
ties of the State between Aug. 1 and Dec. 1. Any person killing in one day 
or having in possession more than eight sage hens, or twenty-five mourn- 
ing doves, or fifteen quail, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 24. It 
shall be a misdemeanor to kill, or entrap any gull, owl, lark, whippoorwill, 
thrush, swallow, snowbird, robin, or other insectivorous or song bird, ex- 
cept the English sparrow, black bird, blue heron, bittern, squaw.k, magpie or 
kingfisher. 

Duclvs, Geese, Etc. — Sec. 25. It shall be a misdemeanor to take or have in 
possession any wild duck, goose, snipe, shore birds, or brant, or swan, be- 
tween the 31st day of December and the 1st day of October following; or 
to shoot at any of the birds mentioned in this section between one-half 
hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise. Government standard 
time: Provided, That no more than five, all together, of geese, brants or 
swans, or twenty-five of all the birds mentioned in this section may be 
killed in any one day, by any one person: Provided, That in Washington, 
Kane, San Juan, Grand and Uintah counties the open season shall be be- 
tween Oct. 1 and March 15. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to 
use any sneak boat, floating blind, or sink box in hunting or pursuing any 
of the game mentioned in this section. 

License to Hunt or Fish. — Sec. 28. It shall be a misdemeanor for any per- 
son to hunt for any kind of game, except rabbits, or fish for any kind of 

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fish, whether protected or not, until a license is first procured. Any bona 
fide male citizen of the State over the age of twelve years, upon payment of 
$1.25 to any Justice of the Peace, or the State Commissioner, or any warden, 
shall be entitled to receive a hunting and fishing license. Any person who 
is a non-resident of the State, who is a citizen of the United States, shall, 
upon payment to any Justice of the Peace, or the State Commissioner, the 
sum of $5, be entitled to receive a non-resident license: Provided, That all 
female persons residents of the State and children under the age of twelve 
years, may take game or fish without procuring a license. 

EJxport. — Sec. 34, It shall be unlawful to ship out of this State, birds, 
fish or game, or any part or parts thereof, dead or alive, mentioned in tiiis 
act. 



MICHIGAN. 

As Amended 1911. 

Trout, Land-Liocked Salmon, Grayliugr. — Chap. Ill, Laws 1889. — Sec. 1. No 
person shall catch or take from any lake, river or stream of this State, by 
any means whatever, any speckled trout, land-locked salmon, grayling, 
California trout, Loch Leven trout, or steel head trout, "from the 1st day 
of September to the 1st day of May following thereafter. Sec. 7. It shall 
be unlawful to kill or capture, in any manner whatever, or to have in 
possession, any brook trout, speckled trout, California trout, land-locked 
salmon. Loch Leven trout, steel head trout or grayling of a size less than 
seven inches in length. Sec. 8. Hereafter it shall not be lawful to take 
any brook trout. Loch Leven trout, steel head trout, grayling or California 
trout from any stream in which they are not native, and which may have 
been stocked by the State board of fish commissioners, for the period of 
four years after the first planting of any such fish therein. Sec. 15. It 
shall be unlawful for any person to kill or capture more than 50 fish of any 
of the kinds hereinbefore mentioned in any one day, or to have in his 
possession more than 100 fish of said kinds at any one time. 

Bass. — Chap. 59, Laws 1909. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful to take any 
small-mouthed black bass, big-mouthed black bass, silver, calico, white 
or strawberry bass from and after the first day of February in each year 
up to and including the 15th day of June thereafter. Sec. 2. It shall be 
unlawful to take any small-mouthed black bass or big-mouthed black bass 
of less than ten inches in length, or to catch in any one day more than te!i 
of the above named fish of any size, or to have in possession more than 
ten of said kinds of fish at any one time. Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful to 
take any strawberry bass, white bass, silver or calico bass less than seven 
inches in length, and it shall be unlawful for any person to catch in any 
one day more than twenty of the above named fish of any size, or to have 
in possession more than twenty of said kinds of fish at any one time. 

Game Export. — Chap. 275, Laws 1911. — Sec. 4. No person shall ship or 
carry out of this State any birds or animals, except as expressly provided 
by law. Sec. 8. The State game, fish and forestry warden may, on the pay- 
ment of $10, issue to individuals owning lands in this State, or bona fide 
members of clubs who own and maintain game preserves in this State, per- 
mits good for the yearly game season to carry as open hand baggage dur- 
ing the season twenty wild ducks or other migratory birds lawfully killed 
by him or them, on his or their own premises or the premises of the club 
of which he or they are members, to his or their respective homes out of 
the State. [See Sec. 19.] 

Possession. — Sec. 10. No person shall have in possession the dead body 
or skin or any portion thereof, of any animal or bird during the time when 

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the killing is unlawful, except as authorized by law, and excepting speci- 
mens, heads o^ pelts prepared or mounted for scientific or educational pur- 
poses: Provided, however, That any person may have in his possession 
for thirty days after the closing- of the season any game or birds lawfully 
killed by him during the open season: Provided further. That no person 
or transportation company shall receive for transportation or have in pos- 
session at the initial billing station, the carcass of any animal or bird after 
forty-eight hours immediately following the closing of the time when the 
killing is authorized by law. 

Transportation. — Sec. 4. No game birds shall be shipped by express, 
freight or baggage or in any other manner, but shall be carried as hand 
baggage only: Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall apply 
to the interstate carrying, as open hand baggage, of wild ducks or other 
migratory birds, as provided for in Section 8 of this act. 

Deer, Wildfowl, Rabbits. — Sec. 15. No person shall hunt any deer when 
it is in the red coat, or fawn in the spotted coat, nor shall any person kill 
or capture any deer while it is in the lyater. No person shall make use 
of any artificial light in hunting deer. No person shall make use of a dog 
in hunting deer. No person shall kill any wild water fowl by any means 
whatever during such time as said person is upon any floating device or 
contrivance propelled by, or using as motive power, steam, gas, naphtha, 
oil, gasolene or electricity, or when upon any sail boat, nor shall any per- 
son make use of a swivel or punt gun, or any gun of a greater size than 
ten gauge fori the killing of any wild water fowl, or make use of any 
battery, sink boat or any similar device, nor shall any person hunt any wild 
water fowl, save only from sunrise until sunset. It shall be unlawful to 
make use of a ferret or guinea pig for the purpose of hunting or killing 
rabbits: Provided, however, That farmers or fruit growers may ma.ke use 
of ferrets in killing rabbits on their enclosed lands. Sec. 16. No person 
shall train or practice any dog upon any game birds during their respective 
closed seasons: Provided, That it shall be lawful to train or practice dogs 
upon game birds for fifteen days next preceding the opening of the season 
for hunting ruffed grouse. It shall be unlawful while so training dogs to 
have in possession any firearms. 

Bag Limit. — Sec. 17. No person shall take in one day more than the fol- 
lowing of any of the game birds: Quail, 10; partridge (ruffed grouse) and 
spruce hens, 6; plover, 10; woodcock, 6; snipe and other shore birds, 10; 
geese, brant and ducks, 25. No person shall at any time have in possession 
more than the following number of any of the game birds mentioned in this 
act: Quail, 15; partridge (ruffed grouse) and spruce hens, 15 in all: 
plover, 20; woodcock, 20; snipe and other shore birds, 20 in all; geese, brant 
and ducks, 25 in all. No person shall kill in any calendar year more than 
50 of any one kind of the following named game birds, to-wit: Quail, 
partridge (ruffed grouse), spruce hen, plover, woodcock, snipe and other 
shore birds. No person shall during the open season of any calendar year 
kill more than two deer. 

Open Season. — Sec. 18. The following named game animals and game 
birds may be hunted and killed during the periods named, which shall be 
the open seasons: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed so 
as to permit the hunting of deer during the open season for a longer period 
than twenty-five days from the date of issuance of the hunter's license [all 
dates inclusive]: Deer, Oct. 15 to Nov. 30 [Act 190, Laws 1911, provides that 
deer may not be killed prior to 1920 in any county having a population of 
more than 48,000 and less than 65,000. Deer are protected until 1912 in 
counties of Emmet, Cheboygan, Benzie, Leelanau and Bay; to 1912 in 
Arenac; to 1918 on Island of Bois Blanc]; fox, gray and black squirrels. 

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Oct. 15 to Nov. 30; rabbits, Oct. 15 to March 1; quail, Oct. 15 to Nov. 30; 
ruffed g-rouse, Oct. 15 to Nov. 30; spruce hens, Oct. 15 to Nov. 30; ducks, 
snipe, plover, woodcock, shore birds, rails and coots, Oct. 15 to Dec. 31; 
geese and brant, Oct. 15 to Dec. 31: Provided, That fox, black and gray 
squirrels shall not be killed until 1914: Provided, That Mongolian or 
English pheasant, black fowl, capercailzie, hazel grouse and wild turkey 
shall not be killed until 1915: Provided, That in addition to the open sea- 
son for wild fowl shooting it shall be lawful to kill blue bills, canvas back, 
red head, widgeon, pin-tails, whistlers, spoon-bills, butter-ball, and saw- 
bill ducks, between the 2d day of March and the 10th day of April, botli 
inclusive: Provided, That it shall be lawful to hunt and kill teal and mallard 
ducks from Sept. 15 to Dec. 31. 

Non-Resident Hunters. — Sec. 19. Any non-resident hunter, who by the 
laws of this State is required to procure a non-resident hunter's license, 
and who does procure same, may take from this State as hand baggage a 
number of any or each or all of said game birds equal to the number of 
said birds permitted to be killed by him under said license in a single day, 
excepting as hereinafter provided.* 

Deer Hunting liicense. — Act 268, P. A. 1897. — Sec. 1. That it shall not 
be lawful for any person to hunt for or kill deer in this State without first 
obtaining a hunter's license permitting him to do so. Sec. 2. Any person 
who has been a bona fide resident of this State for six months then last 
past may procure a hunter's license for himself, by filing his aflSdavit with 
the clerk of the county where he resides, stating his name, age, place oF 
i-esidence. post-office address, the color of his hair and eyes and paying oih' 
dollar fifty cents. Sec. 3. Any non-resident of this State may procure a 
hunter's license by filing his affidavit with the clerk of the county or one 
of the counties in which he proposes to hunt, stating his name, age, place 
of residence, post-office address, color of his hair and eyes and the county 
or counties in which he proposes to hunt, and paying twenty-five dollars. 

Hunter's Ijioense. — [In addition to the foregoing provision for deer hunt- 
ing license, it is unlawful for non-residents to hunt or kill protected game 
birds or animals, except deer, without having procured a license. Fee $10. 
Transportation companies not to transport imless agent indorse number 
and kind of birds or animals shipped and date of shipment. Not applicab'c 
to persons hunting on their own land.] 



MINNESOTA. 

f'liapter 344. Ija^vs 190.5, as Amended 1911. 

Manner of Taking-. — Sec. 25. No person shall at any time catch, take or 
kill any birds or animals in any other manner than by shooting them with 
a gun held to the shoulder. Sec. 26. No person shall set, lay, prepare, or 
have in possession any trap, snare, artificial light, net, bird lime, swivel 
gun or set gun or any contrivance whatever for killing any game animals 
or birds, except that decoys and stationary blinds may be used in hunting 
wild geese, brant and ducks. 

Shootings After Dark, Boats. — Sec. 27. No person shall at any time hunt 
vvith or shoot from any boat, canoe or contrivance or device whatever on 
any of the waters in this State between dark and daylight, and no person 
shall at any time make use of, hunt w^ith or shoot from any motor boat, 
launch or sailboat, floating battery, sink boat, sunken barrels, boxes, tubs, 
floating blinds or any similar device whatever, on any of the waters of 
this State. 

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Game Killed in Another State. — Sec. 30. No person shall at any time have 
in his possession or under his control within this State any bird, animal 
or fish, or any part thereof, wliich has been killed outside of this State at 
a time -when it is unlawful to have in possession or under control such 
birds, animals or fish, if killed in this State, or which have been unlawfully 
taken or killed outside this State, or unlawfully shipped therefrom into 
this State. 

Game Birds, Seasons for Killing. — Sec. 32. No person shall kill at any 
time any turtle dove, snipe, prairie chicken, pinnated, white-breasted or 
sharp-tailed grouse, quail, partridge, ruffed grouse, Chinese ring-neck or 
English pheasant, wild duck of any variety, brant, or any variety of 
aquatic fowl, except: First: That any turtle dove, snipe, prairie chicken, 
pinnated, white-breasted or sharp-tailed grouse, woodcock, upland plover 
and golden plover may be killed and had in possession between the 7th 
day of September and the 7th of November following. Second: That any 
quail, partridge, ruffed grouse or pheasant other than Mongolian, Chinese, 
ring-neck or English pheasant, may be killed or had in possession between 
the 1st day of October and the 1st day of December following. Third: That 
wild duck of any variety, wild goose of any variety, brant or any variety 
of aquatic fowl whatever may be killed and had in possession between the 
7th day of September and the 1st day of December following. And when 
any of the birds mentioned have been lawfully taken, or had in possession 
w^ithin the time herein allowed, they may be had in possession for five (5) 
days thereafter. But no person shall in any one day take more than 15 
birds or have in his possession at any time more than 45 turtle dove, 
prairie chicken, white-breasted or sharp-tailed grouse, quail, partridge, 
ruffed grouse or pheasant, woodcock, upland plover, golden pfover or any 
or all of the same combined, or 50 snipe, wild duck, goose, brant, or any 
variety of aquatic fowl whatever, or any or all of the same combined: 
Provided, That whenever any of the game mentioned in this section shall 
have been lawfully shot or taken by any resident of this State in any State 
wherein the season for so lawfully taking the same shall be earlier or later 
than herein stated, such resident may ship to himself, only, in this State 
and have in possession therein during the season allowed by the law of 
such State for the taking thereof any such game so lawfully taken in such 
State, and for five days thereafter. 

Deer and Moose. — Sec. 33. No person shall kill any elk, moose, caribou, 
deer or fawn: Provided, That deer may be killed between Nov. 10 and Nov. 
30 of the same year, but no person shall kill during said time more than 
two (2) deer, and provided further, that any person who is lawfully in 
possession of any deer, or any part thereof, may ship the same, and pro- 
vided, further, that male antlered moose may be killed between Nov. 10 and 
Nov. 30 of the same year, but no person shall kill during said time more 
than one (1) male moose; and provided further, that when any deer or 
such male moose are lawfully in the possession of any person, such person 
may continue in the possession of the same for five (5) days after the time 
for killing; and provided further, that no cow or female moose can be 
killed at any time. 

License for Killinj^ Birds. — Sec. 34. Every resident of this State over 
21 years of age is prohibited from killing any game bird unless he shall 
have first procured a license therefor from the county auditor of the county 
in which he resides: Provided, however. That this shall not apply to any 
resident of the State hunting within his own county. [Fee $1. Licensee 
may ship game on license coupons.] 

License for Killing Game Animals. — Sec. 2. Every resident of this State 
over 21 years of age is prohibited from killing any game animals unless he 

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shall have first procured a license therefor from the county auditor of the 
county in which he resides. [Fee $1. Licensee may ship game on license 
coupons.] 

Non-Resident License, Shipment of Game. — Sec. 35. Every person not a resi- 
dent of this State is prohibited from killing any game bird or game animal un- 
less he shall have first procured a license therefor from the game and fish com- 
mission. Said commission shall, upon application, issue to any non-resident 
a license to hunt game animals, upon the payment to it of a license fee of 
$25, and to hunt game birds upon the payment to it of a license fee of $10, 
■which license shall expire on the 31st day of December following its 
issuance. Any non-resident who has procured such license may kill one (1) 
male antlered moose and one deer, and also ship such deer to his said place 
of residence outside the State; and ship such moose to any place within 
the State; and may ship to his place of residence outside this State 25 game 
birds lawfully shot and taken by him. 

[Retaining: Game. — Sec. 37. A resident may on application to the com- 
mission retain beyond the open season game of which he is lawfully in 
possession.] 

Fish. — Sec. 40. No person shall catch any of the fish mentioned within 
the periods limited, to-wit: Any variety of trout, except lake trout, be- 
tween the 1st day of September and the 15th day of April following; any 
black, gray or Oswego bass between the 1st day of March and the 29th day 
of May following; any variety of pike, muscallonge, crappie, perch, sunfish, 
sturgeon, catfish or any other variety of fish between the 1st day of 
March and the 1st day of May following. 

Manner of Taking. — Sec. 41. No person shall catch more than 25, except 
sunfish, perch, pickerel or bullheads, in any one day, nor in any other man- 
ner than by angling, nor with more than one line or with more than one 
hook attached thereto: Provided, That pickerel, suckers, redhorse, carp 
and bullheads may be taken with a spear without limit any time, but no 
artificial lights shall be used in taking of said fish during the months of 
May and June each year. 

Flshint? Near Flshways. — Sec. 44. No person shall catch any fish in any 
lake or stream within fifty (50) feet of any fishway. 

Sizes. — Sec. 48. No person shall kill or have in possession any fish, ex- 
cept minnows for bait, rock bass, sunfish and bullheads that are less than 
six inches in length; or any gray, black or Oswego bass less than nine 
inches in length. No person shall take any lake trout of less than two 
pounds, or any whitefish of less than two and a half pounds, or any wall- 
eyed pike of less than fourteen inches in length or one pound round or 
dressed weight, or any muscallonge less than thirty inches, or any blue 
pike or saugers of less than ten inches. Measurement from tip of snout 
to fork of tail. 

Shipping: Outside the State. — Sec. 50. No person shall ship beyond the 
borders of this State any fish of the kinds mentioned in this chapter: Pro- 
vided, That any non-resident of this State who is desirous of taking any 
fish beyond its boundaries for his personal use, may carry with him on the 
same train or conveyance not to exceed fifty pounds of fish caught by him. 
Provided further, That all boxes and packages containing fish shall be 
plainly marked with the name and address of the consignor and consignee 
and the varieties of fish contained in the package must be listed on the 
outside of the package, the amount of each variety, either in number or 
pounds. 

Game and Fish Taken In One Day. — Sec. 52. No person shall wantonly 
waste or destroy any birds, animals or fish. The killing of more than 

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fifteen birds by any one person in any one day, or the catching- of more 
than twenty-five fish by any one person in any one day, except fish caught, 
taken or killed in the Mississippi River or international waters with nets 
or seines, shall be deemed a wanton waste. 

[Heads and Skins. — The game commission may on application give per- 
mit to ship heads and hides of deer and moose.] 

[Ferrets for catching hares or rabbits forbidden in counties having- over 
225,000 inhabitants.] 

Non-Resident Anglingr License. — Act April 19, 1911. — Sec. 1. Every person 
over the age of 21 years, not a resident of the State of Minnesota, is pro- 
hibited from fishing with hook and line in any waters of this State without 
first having secured a license therefor from" the game and fish commission, 
from a county auditor, or from a local game warden. The fee for such 
license shall be $1.00. 



IDAHO. 

Chapter 63, Laws 1911. 

Fish. — Sec. 5. It shall be lawful to take minnows for bait or the young 
of the carp, sucker, chub, white-fish, perch or shiners with a minnow 
net not to exceed four (4) feet wide by ten (10) feet long: Provided, That 
it shall be a misdemeanor to take in such manner for bait the young of 
the trout, bass, cat-fish, grayling or sun-fish. It shall be lawful to catch 
any kind of fish with the hook and line attached to the pole or held in 
the hand at any time of the year: Provided, however, That it shall be un- 
lawful to catch trout in any manner between the 1st day of April and the 
1st day of May in any waters, except lakes and navigable streams. It is 
further provided that salmon may be speared or caught on a snag hook not 
less than four (4) inches in length. It shall be a misdemeanor to catch 
any kind of fish through the ice at any time of the year, except from the 
waters of Bear Lake and Pend d'Oreille Lake, and in the latter lake it shall 
be lawful to fish through the ice for whitefish only. It shall be a misde- 
meanor to fish within 300 feet of a fish ladder in any stream. It shall be 
unlawful for any person to catch more than twenty (20) pounds of trout, 
bass, catfish, greyling or sun-fish in any one day, or to have in his pos- 
session more than thirty (30) pounds. It shall be unlawful to kill or 
destroy or to have in possession any trout or black bass less than four (4) 
inches in length. 

Birds. — Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful to kill any English, Chinese or Mon- 
golian pheasants or prairie chickens or pinnated grouse. It shall be un- 
lawful to kill any quail, except between the 1st day of November and the 
1st day of December, or to kill more than eighteen (18) of these birds in 
any one day or sell at any time. It shall be unlawful to kill any partridge, 
pheasant, or grouse except between the 15th day of August and the 1st 
day of December, except that it shall be unlawful to kill or destroy any 
bird last above mentioned north of the Salmon river, except between the 
1st day of September and the 1st day of December, or to .kill more than 
twelve (12) of these birds in any one day in any part of the State. It shall 
be unlawful to kill any species of wild duck, goose, snipe, or plover, except 
between the 1st day of September and the 1st day of February, or to kill 
more than 24 ducks, 24 snipe or 24 plover or 4 geese in any one day. It 
shall be unlawful to kill any species of swan for a period of five years 
from the date this act takes effect, and thereafter it shall be unlawful to 
kill swan except between the 1st day of September and the 1st day of 
February, or to kill more than one swan in any one day. It shall be unlaw- 
ful to kill any sage hen or turtle dove, except between the 15th day of July 
and the 1st day of December [in the county of Fremont, any dove, except 
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between the 15th day of August and the 1st day of December], or to kill 
more than 12 sage hens, or 24 turtle doves in any one day, in any part 
of the State. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill a bag of more than 
24 birds in any one day, or to have in his possession more than 24 birds of 
any kind at any one time. 

Big Game. — Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful to kill any moose, buffalo, ante- 
lope, caribou or beaver at any time. It shall be unlawful to kill any deer, 
elk, mountain slieep or mountain goat at any time, except between the 
1st day of September and the 1st day of December: Provided, however. 
That elk may be killed in the counties of Fremont and Bingham from Sept. 
1 to Dec. 31: Provided, also, That it shall be unlawful to kill any deer 
within the counties of Bonner, Kootenai, Slioshone, Latan, Nez Perce, Clear- 
water and Idaho, except between the 20th day of September and the 20th 
day of December, and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons at 
any time, in said counties last above named, to pursue, hunt or kill any 
elk for a period of Ave years from the date this act takes effect. It shall 
be unlawful to kill any deer, elk, mountain sheep or mountain goat, by 
means of any pitfall, trap or snare, or at any deer-lick, and it shall be un- 
lawful to liunt with dogs any of tlie animals herein mentioned. 

License Required. — It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt for any 
game wlaateyer, or to fish in the public waters until a license is first pro- 
cured. [Pee for resident, shooting and fishing, $1. For non-resident, big 
game, $25; birds only, $5; fishing, $2.] 

Big Game Limit — Sliipping Permits. — Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful during 
tlie open season for any person to kill more tlian one elk, two deer, one 
mountain sheep, one ibex and one mountain goat. Any hunter who shall 
have first procured a license shall be entitled to keep or carry or ship 
within or without the State the skins, heads or horns or any parts of the 
animals killed: Provided, That in case of shipment, such person shall pro- 
cure from any game warden or deputy game warden a permit. 



OREGON. 

Public Statutes as Amended 1911. 

Buclc Deer. — Sec. 2276. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be un- 
lawful, between the 1st day of November and the 1st day of August, to kill 
any buck deer, (a) Wallowa, Union, Baker, Umatilla, Grant, Malheur and 
Harney counties. — It shall be unlawful within the counties of Wallowa, 
Union, Baker, Umatilla, Grant, Malheur and Harney of the State of Oregon, 
between the 1st day of November and the 15th day of September, to kill 
any buck deer. Sec. 2277. It shall be unlawful at any time to hunt any 
female deer. Sec. 2278. It shall be unlawful between one hour after 
sunset and one-half hour before sunrise to hunt any deer; and it shall be 
unlawful for any person to take in any open season more than five deer. 
Sec. 2279. It shall be unlawful to hunt deer with dog or dogs, with in- 
tent to take such deer; and it shall be unlawful to watch or lie in wait 
upon or near the runways, dry or wet stands, trails, cree.ks, or rivers 
that deer are accustomed to use, either when pursued by dogs, or when 
changing their feeding grounds, or when going to or coming from water, 
with intent to destroy any deer. Sec. 2281. It shall be unlawful to hunt 
any spotted fawn, or young deer of the first year. 

Elii. — Sec. 2283. It shall be unlawful to kill any elk between the date 
of this act and the 1st day of August, 1919. 

.Mountain SUeep, Antelope. — Sec. 2286-. It shall be unlawful to kill any 
mountain sheep or any antelope. 

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Silver Gray Squirrel. — Sec. 2287. It shall be unlawful between the 1st day 
of January and the 1st das'- of October to kill any silver gray squirrel 
(Sciurus fossor) : Provided, however, That this shall not be construed to 
apply to any squirrel that burrows in the ground. 

Diiek.s. — Sec. 2288. Except in the counties hereinafter provided for, it 
shall be unlawful, between the 15th day of February and the 1st day of 
October, to kill any wild duck. Sec. 2289. It shall be unlawful within the 
counties of Clatsop, Columbia and Multnomah between the 15th day of 
January and the 1st day of September to kill ^iny wild duck. Sec. 2290. It 
shall be unlawful within the counties of Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow. 
Union, Umatilla and Wallowa, between the 1st day of April and the 1st 
day of September, to kill any wild duck. Sec. 2291. It shall be unlawful 
within the counties of Coos, Curry and Lake, between the 8th day of 
March and the 15th day of September, to kill any wild duck. Sec. 2292. 
It shall be unlawful within the county of Klamath, between the 1st day of 
February and the 1st day of September, to kill any wild duck. Chap. 132, 
Laws 1911. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful within the county of Baker, between 
the 15th day of April and the 1st day of August, to kill any wild duck. 

Ducks, Uinit of Number. — Sec. 2293. It .shall be unlawful for any person 
to kill any greater number than thirty-five wild ducks in any seven con- 
secutive days. 

Geese, Swan. — Sec. 2296. It shall be unlawful, between the 1st day of 
March and the 1st day of October, to kill any wild goose or wild swan, 
and it shall be unlaw^ful to shoot or kill any wild goose on any island or 
sandbar in or along the Columbia River and within the State east of the 
Cascade Mountains on which wild geese habitually rest or roost. Sec. 2297. 
It shall be unlawful within the counties of Harney, Grant, Klamath, 
Malheur, Lake, Baker, Union, Wallov/a and Sherman, Between the 
1st day of February and the 1st day of September, to kill any wild goose 
or wild swan: Provided, however, it shall be unlawful in the county of 
Gilliam, between the 1st day of April and the 1st day of September, to kill 
any wild goose or wild swan; and provided further, that it shall be unlawful 
at any time within the above named counties to kill any white goose or 
brant. Sec. 2298. It shall be unlawful within the counties of Harney, Grant 
and Malheur, between the 1st day of March and the 1st day of September, 
to kill any Canadian (or Hon.ker) geese. 

Sink-box, Boat. — Sec. 2299. It shall be unlawful to use any sink-boat, 
sink-box, sneak-boat, steam or gasolene launch, or other power boat on 
Coos Bay or its tributaries, or on the Columbia River or any of 
its tributaries (except the Willamette River and its tributaries 
above Oregon City), for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan 
or other water fowl therefrom. It shall be unlawful to use any sink-boat, 
sink-box, sneak-boat, gasolene or steam launch or other power boat on any 
waters of the State for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan or 
other water fowl therefrom. 

Batteries, Swivel Guns, Etc. — Sec. 2300. It shall be unlawful to use any 
battery, swivel or pivot gun, or other gun than one to be held in the hands 
and fired from the shoulders, either from the shore or on a boat, raft or 
other device, on the Columbia River, or any lake or river in the State, for 
the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan or other water fowl. 

Night Huntiugr. — Sec. 2301. It shall be unlawful between one hour after 
sunset and one-half hour before sunrise to fire off any gun, build any fire, 
fla.sh any light or burn any powder or other inflammable substance upon 
the margin, in the vicinity of, or upon any lake, pond, slough or other 
feeding grounds frequented by wild ducks, geese, swan or other water 
fowl, with the intent to shoot, kill or disturb any such water fowl: Pro- 

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vided, however, That it shall be ''lawful to shoot geese, in or upon g-rain 
fields at any time to prevent the destruction of grain or growing crops. 

Blindit. — Sec. 2302. It shall be unlawful for any person to build or use 
any blind, or any other structure in any public lake or river, or in the 
Columbia River, or in any lake which is not wholly owned by himself, his 
lessor or licensor, which stands more than the one hundred feet out from 
the shore or margin of such lake or river, for the purpose of shooting wild 
ducks, geese, swan or other water fowl therefrom. 

Chinese (Torquatiis) Pheasant. — See. 2304. It shall be unlawful to kill 
any male or female Chinese (Torquatus) pheasant until Oct. 1.5, 1913; on 
or after which time the open season shall be as follows: ' It shall be unlaw- 
ful to take any male or female Chinese (Torquatus) pheasant Ijetween the 
1.5th day of November and the 15th day of October following. 

Grouse. Native Pheasants or Riiffeil Grouse and PartridRe. — Sec. 2.105. 
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to kill any grouse, 
native pheasant or ruffed grouse, or partridge, between the 15th day of 
November and the 15th day of October following. Sec. 2306. It shall be 
unlawful to kill any grouse, native pheasant, ruffed grouse or partridge, 
within the counties of Union, Wallowa, Baker, Umatilla and Grant, between 
the 1st day of October and the 15th day of August following. And it shall 
be unlawful for any person to kill any greater number than five of the 
game birds enumerated in Sections 2304, 2305, and this section in one day, 
or more than ten in seven consecutive days: Provided, however. That 
nothing mentioned in this act shall be construed as to permit the killing 
of more than five birds inclusive, mentioned in Sections 2304, 2305, and this 
section in one day or more than ten of such birds in any seven consecutive 
days. 

C'iiina Pheasant. — Sec. 2307. It shall be unlawful within the counties of 
Jackson, Josephine, Hood River and Malheur to kill any China (Torquatus) 
pheasant. 

Other Pheasants. Ii^nglish I'artridse. Hungarian Partridge, or Boh AVliite 
Quail. — Sec. 2308. It shall be unlawful to kill any silver pheasant, golden 
pheasant, copper pheasant, green Japanese pheasant. Reeves' pheasant. 
Knglish partridge or Hung-arian partridge, or bob-white ciuail. 

Prairie C'liiokeu. — Sec. 2310. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be 
unlawful to kill any prairie chicken between the 15th day of October and 
the 1st da.v of September followingr. And it shall be unlawful for any person 
to kill an.v greater number than five of the game birds enumerated in this sec- 
tion in one day nor more than ten in any seven consecutive days. Sec. 2311. It 
shall be unlawful, within the counties of Grant. I'matilla and Harney, to 
kill any prairie chicken at any time. 

Sage Hen, Sag-e Cook. — Sec. 2313. It shall be unlawful, between tlie 1st day of 
November and the 1st day of August following', to kill any sage hen or 
sage cock, (a) And it shall be unlawful for any person to kill any greater 
number than five of tlie game birds enumerated in this section in one day. 
nor more than ten in any seven consecutive days. 

Quail. — Sec. 2314. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful, 
between the 15th day of No^■ember of each year and the 15th day of 
<^)ctober following, to kill an.v (luail. And. it shall be unlawfvil for any per- 
son to kill any greater number tlian five in one day, nor more than ten in 
any seven consecutive days. Sec. 2315. It shall be unlawful within the 
counties of Jackson and Josephine to kill any quail between the 15th day 
of December of each year and the 15th day of October following, and it 
shall be unlawful in said counties to kill any greater number tlian ten in 
one day oi- more than twenty in any seven consecutive days. 

For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page ■^. 

64 



GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— OREGON. 



Quail siikI t'hinose <Tor<]iiatiis> I'lieasiiut. — Sec. 2316. It shall be unlawful 
ill tlie counties of Grant. Harney, Wheeler, Gilliam, Umatilla, Morrow and 
INIalhcur to kill any quail or Chine.se (Torquatus) pheasant at any time 
lirior to the 15th day of October, 1913, and from and after 1913, it shall be 
unlawful in said counties to kill any quail or Chine.se (Torquatus) pheas- 
ant between the 15th day of November and the 15th day of October fol- 
lowing-. And it .shall be unlawful for any person to kill any greater num- 
ber than five of the g-ame birds enumerated in this section in one day, 
nor more than ten in any seven consecutive days. 

SImre ami AVadiug Birds. — Sec. 2322. It shall be unlawful, between the 
1st day of March and the 1st day of October, to kill any rail, coot, plover, 
l>iialarope, sandpiper, snipe, tattler, willet, ' curlew, stilt, avocet, kildeer, 
surf-bird, turnstone or any other shore bird. And it shall be unlawful for 
any person to kill any greater number than fifty of the hereinbefore 
enumerated birds in one week. 

Dove.s or AVilcl Pigeon. — Sec. 2323. It shall be unlawful between the 1st 
day of January and the 15th day of September to kill any doves (Zena 
macroura), or wild pigeons (Columbia fasciata). 

Trout. — Sec. 2327. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful 
to take any trout, except salmon trout, during' the months of November, 
December, January, February and March; and it shall be unlawful to take 
any trout, char or salmon less than six inches in length; and it shall be 
unlawful to take any trout by any means whatever, except with hook and 
line, commonly called angling-. It shall be unlawful to take any trout, ex- 
cept salmon trout, from any of the lakes of Ba.ker county during the 
months of November, December, January, February, March, April, May 
and June. It shall be unlawful in Link River, Klamath county, to take any 
trout during the months of June, July and August. 

Nig-Iit Fishing-. — Sec. 2331. It shall be unlawful, between one hour after 
sunset and one hour before sunrise, to take any trout: Provided, That 
within the tide waters of the Coquille River trout fishing- with hook and 
line shall be allowed at any hour of the night. 

liiniit of Catch. — Sec. 2332. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be 
unlawful for any person to capture more than seventy-five trout in one 
day. [Or in Klamath county more than twenty-five trout, or an amount 
weighing- over twenty pounds in any one day.] 

Bass. — Sec. 2335. It shall be unlawful to take any bass liy any means 
whatsoever, except with hook and line. 

Licenses. — Sec. 2340. It is hereby prohibited for any person to catch 
trout, salmon trout, salmon or bass by hook or line, commonly called 
angling; take, catch or to kill any of the. g-ame animals, fowls or birds pro- 
tected by the laws of the State without such person having in his personal 
possession a license therefor, duly issued to him by the county clerk of one 
of the counties of this State: Provided, however, that no license shall be 
required of a man or members of his own family for permission to hunt 
or angle upon his own land. [Fee for resident game license $1, non-resi- 
dent $10. Angling- license, resident $1, non-resident $5.] 

lOxport of Game and Fisli forbidden by Section 2345: Provided, however. 
That upon the granting of a similar privilege by the State of Washington, 
til the citizens of the State of Oregon, nothing in this section shall be con- 
si I'ued to pi'event any resident of Washington from personally ta.king with 
him any trout, other game fish or game to the limit of one day's hunt or 
lish, killed or captured by himself in the State of Oregon. 



For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

65 



GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— MARYLAND. 



MARYLAND. 

I'lihlic Geiiersil l>a^vs, C'li:i|i(fr !(!>. 

SqiiirrolN. — Sec. H. No person sliall kill any squirrel between tlie Ist clay 
of T^ecember and the 1st day of September following. 

A>'ll«lfowl. — Sec. 15. No person sliall kill any wild ducks, except black- 
head ducks, wild goose, wild swan, wild brant, between the 10th day of 
April and the 1st day of November. 

AVIlilfowl on KcediiiK Grounds. — Sec. 15-m. No person shall shoot at or 
(l() any act or tiling whatsoever with the intent or purpose of frightening 
or driving wild ducks, wild geese, wild swan, wild brant or other Avatcr 
fowl of an.v kind from their feeding or roosting grounds. 

IJoves. — Sec. ].')-b. No person shall kill any doves between the 24th day 
of L)eceml)er and the 15th day of August following. 

Snip*', Plover. — Sec. 15-c. No person shall kill snipe or plover between 
the 1st day of May and the 15th day of August: Provided, however. That 
tills section shall not apply to Worcester county. 

A\n«er Rail. Ortolnn. Reed Bird. Rail Bird. Riee Bird. — Sec. 15-d. No per- 
son shall kill any water rail or ortolan or reed bird, rail bird, or rice bird 
between the 1st day of November and the 1st day of September following. 

Shonlder Gun Only. — Sec. 15-j. No person shall kill any of the birds or 
game animals with any other kind of gun than such as is habitually raised 
at arm's length from the shoulder. Sec. 15-1. No person shall use any big 
or swivel gun for killing wild ducks, wild geese, wild swan, wild brant or 
otlier water fowl. 

IVigiit Sliootin^'. — Sec. 15-k. No person shall kill or catch in the night 
time any of the birds mentioned in the preceding sections of this act. 

Ferret, AVea.sel. — Sec. 15-n. No person shall use any ferret or weasel for 
killing any game animals. 

Ii'or county j^unie seasonN, see index. 

Trout. — Article 39. — Sec. 73. It shall not be lawful to catch any speckled 
brook trout, or any speckled river trout, except during the months of April, 
May, June, July and the first fifteen days in the month of August. [Chap. 
380, liaws 1892. — Close season in Frederick county, January to March and 
September to December, inclusive. Cliap. 653. — Close season in Baltimore 
county, July to Februai.v, inclusive, and none to be taken under six inches.] 

BInok Bnss, Pickerel, Pike Perch, Perch. — Public General Laws. — Sec. 
7S-a. No person shall ta.ke in any waters above where the tide ebbs and 
flows any black bass, pickerel, or pike perch, otherwise known as wall- 
eyed pike, and California salmon between the 1st of April and the 15th 
of June, both inclusive: nor at any time save only with rod, line and 
single hook, baited with natural bait, or tied with the artificial fly, or with 
a spoon or spinner, each equipped with a single hook; or of any size less 
lliaii eight inches from tip of nose to end of caudal fin or tail. Sec. 78-b. 
No person shall ta.ke an.v white perch less than seven inches in length, or 
>ellow perch less than eight inches, or pike less than fourteen inches, or 
rock, otherwise known as striped bass, or any taylor less than ten Inches, 
from tip of nose to end of caudal fin or tail. [Does not apply to Frederick, 
Baltimore, Howard, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne, Harford, St. Mary's, Wicomico, 
Cliarles, Talbot, Worcester, Calvert, Somerset counties.] 

Potomac River. — Chap. 427, Laws 18JI6.— Sec. 40. It shall be unlawful to 
catch any l)laek bass, green bass, pike or pickerel, or wall-eyed pike (com- 
monly known as salmon), between Apiil 15 and June 1. [Applies to Po- 
tomac River only, and is not applicable below the Little Falls, near Wash- 
ington.] 

J>otomae River Trilnitarics. — Sec. 43. It shall be unlawful to catch any 
black bass, green bass, pike or pickerel, or wall-eyed pike (commonly 
known as salmon), in the tributaries of the Potomac River, between April 
15 and June 1. [Not applicable below Little Falls, near Washington, nor to 
cei-tain parts of Monacacy River and tributaries.] 

For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— MISSOURI. 



MISSOURI. 

Game Bir«ls.— Act of 1909.— Sec. 9. No per.son shall take any game birds ex- 
cept the following- between the following dates: Wild turkey, Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. 
Quail (bob-white partridge), from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. Ducks, geese and brant. 
Jan. 1 to April 30. and Sept. 1.5 to Dec. 31. Snipe. Jan. 1 to April 30 and 
Sept. 15 to Dec. 31. Plover, Sept. 1 to Dec. 31. Doves, Sept. 1 to Dec. 31. 
Sec. 10. Any person who shall take any woodcock, pinnated grouse (prairie 
chicken), ruffed grouse (pheasant), Mongolian, Chinese or English pheasant 
or other resident, migratory or imported game bird, except as provided in 
Section 9, shall be punished. Sec. 11. Any person who, in the pursuit of 
any wild duck, goose, brant, or other aquatic bird, upon the waters of this 
State, shall use any sneak boat, or any sail boat, or boat propelled by 
steam, naphtha, electric or other engine or machinery, or any battery, 
swivel gun or punt gun, or who shall kill or attempt to kill or pursue! 
while occupying or using any such boat, any wild geese, duck, brant, or 
other aquatic bird, or who shall construct or use for the purpose of hunt- 
ing, upon the ice, any fixed or artificial blind or ambush, shall be punished. 

Deer. — Sec. 13. It is unlawful to kill any deer under one year of age. It 
is unlawful to kill any deer between the 1st day of January and the 1st 
day of November, and it is unlawful to kill any doe. It is unlawful to make 
use of any artificial light in hunting deer. It is unlawful to wound, kill or 
capture any deer in the waters of the streams, ponds or lakes. 

Squirrel, Otter, Beaver. Miiskrat. — Sec. 14. No person shall kill any gray 
squirre', fox squirrel (American squirrel) or black squirrel only from July 
1 to Dec. 21. both inclusive. No person shall kill any otter, beaver or musk- 
rat, between the 1st day of April and the 1st day of November. 

I.aivful Aiiioiint.s.— Sec. l.",. The right given to take deer or birds, or tu 
have in possession, unless otherwise specified, is limited to food purposes, 
and to one deer, two turkeys and twenty-five birds of any other family for 
each person in any one calendar day, and no person shall take, .kill or have 
in possession at any one time more than two deer, four turkeys and fifty 
birds of any other family. [Possession allowed five days after season closes.] 

IJeense. — Sec. 57. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt without 
lirst obtaining a license. Sec. 59. Any non-resident may procure a license 
by filing his affidavit with the fish and game commissioner, stating name, 
age, place of residence, post-offlce. address, color of hair and eyes, and 
paying the sum of $25. Sec. 61. Resident licenses shall be issued as county 
resident licenses and State resident licenses. A county resident license shall 
entitle the holder to hunt only in the county wherein such license is ii^sued 
and any adjoining county. A State resident license shall entitle the holder 
to hunt in all counties in the State. Any person who has been a bona fide 
resident of this State for six months last past may secure a license for 
himself by filing his affidavit with the clerk of the county where he resides, 
stating age, name, place of residence, post-offlce address, color of hair and 
eyes, and paying to said clerk the sum of $1 for a county resident license, 
or $5 for a State resident license- Provided. That this section not apply to 
owners and tenants of farm lands, who may hunt on their own or leased 
lands without obtaining a hunting license. 

Transportation. — Sec. 73. It is unlawful for any person who has lawfully 
killed the same in tliis State to take, ship or transport out of this State, or 
ship or transport within the State, any birds or game unless he same shall 
he in personal possession of or carried openly as baggage or express by 
the owner thereof, and such owner shall have in liis possession at the time 
-a non-resident or resident license, and shall accompany the game on the 
same train. 

[Fish. — No restrictions on angling.] 
For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover See note page 3. 

68 



GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— MONTANA. 



MONTANA. 

Hevist'rt Codes as Revised 1911. 
Bis <iame. Birds. — Sec. .S7S2. Any peiHt)ii whu shall, between Dee. 1 oC any 
year and Oct. 1 of the following- year kill any deer, or who in the open 
.season of any calendar year kills more than three deer, shall be punished. 
See. 8783. Any person who wilfully kills any moose, bison, buffalo, caribou, 
antelope or beaver, shall be puni.shed. Any person who wilfully kills any 
<|iiail. Cliinese pheasants, Hungarian pheasants or turtle doves, shall be pun- 
ished. Sec. 8784. Any person who between the 1st day of December and 
the 1st day of October following-, wilfully kills any el.k, mountain sheep or 
mountain goat, or -w^ho in a single open season shall kill more than one elk, 
one mountain sheep or one mountain goat, shall be punished. Sec. S7St;. 
Any person who hunts with dogs any of the animals mentioned in Sections 
2, 3 and 4 of this act shall be punishable. Sec. 8787. Any person who be- 
tween the 1st day of November and the 1st day of October folio-wing, wil- 
fully 'shoots any grouse, prairie chicken, fool hen, sage hen. pheasant oi- 
parti'idge, or who during the open season, shoots more than five grouse, or 
prairie chickens, or sage hens, or fool hens, oi- pheasants, or partridges, in 
any one day, shall be punished. Sec. 8788. Any person who shall between 
the 1st day of January and the 1st day of September wilfully shoot any 
wild geese, wild ducks, brant or swan, or shall during the open season shoot 
more than twenty wild ducks in any one day, shall be punished. 
[Fisli. — Tiiere are no restrictions as to angling.] 

l,ieenses. — Sec. 1976. Every person who is a bona fide resident who de- 
sires to hunt and who desires to ta.ke any fish must obtain a license [fee 
$1]; and any person who is not a citizen of the United States and who has 
not declared to become such citizen, whether a bona fide resident of tlie 
State or not, to take any fish must first obtain a license [fee $5]. And every 
person who is not a citizen of the United States and who has not declared 
his intention to become such citizen, whether a bona fide resident of the 
State or not, who desires to hunt, must first obtain a license therefor of the 
State game and fish warden or a deputy State game and fish warden. [Fee, 
■ $25 for all game, $10 for feathered game only.] Sec. 1977a. Every person 
who is not a bona fide resident of this State and who desires to hunt or 
fish, must first obtain a license therefor of the State game and fish warden 
or a deputy game and fish warden. [Fee, $25 for all game and fishing; $10 
for feathered game and fishing.] 

ljlfeu.se to Guide. — S. B. 30, S. L., 1903. — Sec. 10. No person shall engage 
in the business of guiding as the term is commonly understood, without first 
having procured from the State game and fish warden, a guide's license. 

Siiiiniieuts of Game. — S. B. 30, S. L., 1903. — Sec. 3. It is unlawful for any 
person to ship or take out of the State any of the birds or game animals, or 
any part thereof, except as herein provided tor. Sec. 4. Any resident who 
desires to ship out of the State any birds or animals during the open season 
shall first- procure a permit from the State game and fish warden. Sec. 5. 
Any non-resident of this State who has procured a hunter's license, and who 
desires to ship out of the State any birds or animals during the open sea- 
son shall present to the transportation company his license, with the con- 
signment of game to be shipped, provided that no one person shall ship in 
one year more game than ii is lawful for one person to kill in a single open 
season. [Fee for permit 50 cents.] Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for any 
person to ship out of this State any birds, fish or animals, except when the 
same shall be in the personal' possession of, or carried as baggage or ex- 
press, by the owner thereof, and accompanied by the owner thereof, upon 
tlie same train oi- other conveyance. Sec. 8. It is required tnat all packages 
containing fisli or game shall be lalieled to disclose the contents. 

For any changes in the la'ws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

69 



GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— CALIFORNIA. 



CALIFORNIA. 

Code as Amended 1011. 

Female Deer. Spotfed Fji^vn, Autelnpe, E)Ik, Mountain Sheep. — Sec. 62Ge. 
TCveiy person wlio kills any female deer, or spotted fawn, or any antelope, 
e'k. or mountain sheep, is guilty of a misdemeanoi-. 

Male Deer. — Sec. G26f. Everj^ person who, between the Jrft daj' of Novem- 
ber and the loth day of August of the following year, takes or has in 
possession, whether taken in California, or shipped into the State, any male 
deer, or any deer meat, is guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, That every 
person in game districts numbers two, four and live, who, between the 1st 
day of September and the 1st day of July of the following year, takes or 
has in possession any male deer, or any deer meat, is guilty of a misde- 
meanor: Provided, further. That every person in game district number six 
who, between the 15th day of September and the 15th day of Augivst of 
the following year, takes or has in his possession any male deer, or any 
deer meat, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 626i. Every person who takes 
or has in his possession more than two deer, during any one open season, 
is guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 626j. Every person who wilfully permits 
more than one dog to run any deer at any time is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Tree Squirrel.s. — Sec. 626g. Every person who, between the 1st day of 
January and the 1st day of September of the same year, takes any species 
of tree squirrel is guilty of a misdemeanor, and every person who takes 
more than twelve tree squirrels during any one open season is guilty of a 
misdemeanor. [Does not apply to county of Mendocino.] 

Rabbits, Game Birds. — Sec. 626. Every person who, between the 1st day 
of March and the 15th day of October, kills any kind of wild duck, ibis, or 
other shore-bird (Limicolse), or, between the 30th day of April and the 15th 
day of November, kills any Wilson snipe, plover, or curlew; or, between the 
15th day of February and the 15th day of October, .kills any desert or 
valley quail; or, between the 1st day of December and the 1st day of 
September, kills any mountain quail, grouse, or sage-hen; or, between the 
1st day of February and the 31st day of July, kills any cottontail rabbit or 
bush rabbit; or at any time prior to the 1st day of November, 1912, kills 
any rail, or thereafter, between the 1st day of December of any year and 
the 1st day of November of the following year, kills any rail is guilty of a 
misdemeanor: Provided, That in game districts numbers one and six every 
person who. between the 1st day of March and the 1st day of October, kills 
any kind of wild duck, ibis, or other shore-bird (Limicolse), or w^ho, in 
game district six, between the 15th day of November and the 15th day of 
October following, kills any desert or valley quail, is guilty of a misde- 
meanor. 

Blaek Sea-Brant.— Sec. 626p. Every person who, between the 15th day 
of March and the 1st day of November, kills any kind of black sea-brant, is 
guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, That in game district number one 
every person who, between the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October, 
kills any black sea-brant, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Dove. — Sec. 626a. Every person who, between the 1st day of October and 
the 15th day of July following, kills any dove, is guilty of a misdemeanor: 
Provided, That in game districts numbers four and six every person who, 
between the 1st day of November and the 1st day of September following, 
kills any dove, is guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided further. That every 
person in game districts numbers two and five who, between the 15th day 
of October and the 1st day of August following, kills any dove, is guilty of 
a misdemeanor. 

For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF— CALIFORNIA. 

Bag IJiiiitiD — Sec. 626d. Every person who, during- any one calendar day, 
kills or has in possession more than twenty-five wild ducks, or black sea- 
brant, or more than twenty desert or valley duail, snipe, lurlew, ibis, 
plover, rail, or any other shore-birds (Limicolse) or more than twenty 
do\es, or more than ten mountain quail, or more than four g-i'ouse, or more 
than lour sag-e-hens, or more than fifteen cottontail or bush rabbits is 
guilt}- of a misdemeanor: Provided also, That any person who, between 
sunrise of one Sunday and sunrise of the following Sunday, kills more than 
fifty ducks, or black sea brant, is g'uilty of a misdemeanor. 

S^vaii, AVild Pheasant.s, Bob-W^hite, Imported Quail and PartridKo, A\ild 
Turkey. — Sec. 626c. Every person who kills any swan, or any wild plicM.s- 
anls, or any bob-white quail, or any variety of imported quail or partridge, 
or wild turkey, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Djiek .Slioutin;; from Po«er Boat. — Sec. 626o. Every person who shoots 
at an.v kind of wild duck from any launch or other boat propelled by steam, 
gasolene, naphtha, electricity or other power, while said launch or boat is 
in motion, is guilty of a misdemeanor, 

KLsliiiig' and Hunting' at Night. — Sec. 626m. Every person who, at any 
time between one-half hour after sunset of any one day and one-half houi- 
before sunrise of the following day, kills any g-ame birds or animals; or, 
between one hour after sunset of any one day and one hour before sunrise 
of the following day, takes any trout, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Animal Blind;*. — Sec. 626n. Every person who shall use any animal as a 
lilind. or use such animal for the purpose of approachingr any wild duck, 
I iirlew, ibis, plover, or other water-fowl, or shore-birds, except geese, for 
the purpose of shooting- at. or killing any such water-fowl, or shore-birds, 
except geese, is guilty of a misdemeanor: Piovided, however. That nothing 
herein contained sha'l prevent the use of dogs in hunting or approaching 
such birds. 

'I'rouf. — Sec. 6::'.2. Every person who, between the 1st da.v of November 
and the 1st day of April fo'lowing, kills or has in his possession any variety of 
lii)\it, except steelhead trout; or takes any trout, except with hook and line; 
or takes during any one calendar day more than fifty trout ; or takes during 
any one calendar day trout, other than steelhead trout, the total weight 
of which exceeds ten pounds, and one fish, or, above tide water, during- any 
one ca'endar day, takes more than fifty steelhead trout, is guilty of a 
misdemeanor: Provided, That in game district number :? any person wlio, 
between the 1st day of November and the 1st day of May following, takes 
,iny trout, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Steelhead Trout. — Sec. 632%. Every person who, between the 1st day of 
Novem!)er and the 1st day of April following-, takes any steelhead trout 
above tide water; every jierson who, between the 1st day of April and tlie 
1st day of November, takes any steelhead trout above tide water, except 
with hook and line, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

(;oldeu Trout. — Sec. 633. Every person who, at any time between the 1st 
ilay of September and the 1st day of June of the succeeding- year, talics 
an>- variety of golden trout: or kills any variety of golden trout, other 
than with hook and line; or, during one calendar day, more than twenty 
so den ti-out, or has in his possession any variety of golden trout of less 
liian Hve inches in length, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

TranMportatiou of Trout Limited. — Sec. 632a. Every person who ships 
(Im-ing one calendar day, more than fifty trout, or trout, excepting steel- 
liead trout, the total weight of which exceeds twenty-five pounds, or who 
transpoi-ts any trout, in any quantity, unless such trout are at all times in 
open view, and labeled with the name and residence of the person by whom 
they are shipped, is g-uilty of a misdemeanor. 

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Salinun, Sliart and Strii»crt Bass. — Sec. 6o4. Every person who, between the 
17th day of September and the :;;Jd day of October, takes any fresh salmon; 
every pei-son wlio. except with .spoon and hook and line, between the 23d 
day of Octobei- and the 1.5th day of November, takes any salmon, shad or 
striped bass, above tide water; every person who, between the 23d day of 
October and tlie loth day of November, takes, above tide water, or who 
has in his possession taken above tide water, more than one salmon, during 
any one ca'endar day, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Stri|ie«l BaHS. — Sec. 62Sa. Every person who has in his possession any 
striped bass of less than three pounds in weight, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Black Ba.s.s. — Sec. 628b. Every person who. between the 1st day of Janu- 
ary and tlie 1st day of June, takes any black bass, or Avho takes more 
than fifty l)lack l)ass during any one calendar day, is guilty of a misde- 
meanor* 

FiNliiii;;' 'I'liroiiKli loe. — Sec. 632 (4). Every person who fishes through tlie 
ice. is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Fisli and Game Districts. — Sec. 1. The State of California is hereby 
divided into six fish and game districts to be known as and designated tlie 
first, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth and the sixth fisii and 
game districts. Sec. 2. The first fish and game district shall coiisist of 
the counties of Del Norte, Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen, Shasta, Trinity, Hum- 
boldt. Tehama. Sec. 3. The second fish and game district shall consist of 
the counties of Mendocino, Glenn. Colusa, Lake, Sonoma. Napa, Yolo, Solano, 
Marin. Sec. 4. The third fish and game district sha'l consist of the coun- 
ties of Plumas, Butte, Sierra, Yuba, Sutter, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, 
Sacramento, Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, Tuolumne. Mariposa, Mono. Sec. 
'). Tlie fourth fish and game district shall consist of the counties of San 
Jua(|uin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern. Sec. 6. 
Tlie fifth fish and game district shall consist of the counties of Contra Costa, 
Alameda, San Francisco. San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, 
Monterey, San Luis Obispo. Sec. 7. The sixth fish and game district shall 
consist of the counties of Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San 
Diego, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino and Inyo. 

Hunting License. — Sec. 1. Every person who kills any of tlic wild birds 
or animals, excepting predatory birds or animals, without first procuring 
a license therefor, is guilty of a misdemeanoi-. Sec. 2. Licenses granting 
the privilege to hunt, pursue or kill wild birds or animals, shall be issued 
and delivered upon application, by the county clerk of any of the counlics 
of this State, by the State Board of Fish Commissioners. Sec. 3. The 
licenses heiein provided for shall be issued as fol'ows: First — To any 
citizen of the United States who is a bona fide resident of the State upon 
the payment of one dollar. Second — To any citizen of the I'nited States, 
not a bona fide resident of the State, upon the payment of ten dollars. 
Third — To any person not a citizen of the United States, upon the payment 
of twenty-five dollars. 

This edition is revised to the date of Ihe 
index printed on last page. Any change in 
a law, as it is printed in the body of the 
book, will be noted in index. 



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PENNSYLVANIA. 

(iijipter 204. Imwh 1!(0!». Aiuended 1911. 
Sumlay — Sec. 1. Tliere sliall be no hunting- or shooting- on the first rlny 
of the week, called Sunday. 

Seiii^ouin. — See. 2. The time during- -which game may l)e legally taken 
.shall be known a.s the open season, and the time during which game may 
not be legally taken shall be known as the close .season; and in the desig- 
nation of seasons for the protection of game, such open season shall include 
the first date mentioned, but shall not include the last date mentioned. 

Game Birils. — Sec. 5. The following shall be considered game birds: The 
Anatidye, commonly known as swan, geese, brant and river and sea ducks, 
and the Pygopodes, known as loons and grebe.s — the members of these two 
orders being commonly known as wild water fowl — the Rallidse, commonly 
known as rails, cc^ots, mud-hens and gallinules; the Limicola?, commonly 
known as shore birds, plovers, surf birds, snipe, woodcock, sandpipers, 
tattlers, and curlews; the Gallinse, commonly known as wild turkeys, 
grouse, pheasants, partridges and quail; and the biids known as dove, reed 
birds and blackbirds. 

Seasons. — Sec. 13. It sliall be unlawful, excepting as pi'ovided in this 
act, to take or have in possession any game bird or game animal protected 
l>y this act. The open season for woodcock shall be from the 1st day of 
October to the 1st day of December; and ruffed grouse, commonly called 
pheasant, Eng-lish or Mongolian or Chinese pheasant, shall be from the 1st 
day of November to the l.Sth day of December. The open season for wild 
turkeys and quail shall be from the 1st daj' of November to the l.Tth day 
of December. [Hungarian quail open season Oct. 15 to Nov. 1.5.] Sec. 14. 
The open season for upland p'over or grass plover shall be from the 15th 
day of July to the 1st day of December. The open season for rail, coot, or mud- 
hen, dove, reed bird, blackbird, sandpiper, tattler, curlew, or any other shore 
bird, shall be from the 1st day of September to the 1st day of January. 
The open season for Wilson or jack snipe shall be from the 1st day of 
September to the 1st day of May. The open season for all kinds of birds 
known as wild -water fowl shall be from the 1st day of September to the 
10th day of April. During- which time such wild water fowl, of all descrip- 
tions and other birds named in this section may be killed without limit. 

[Note. — The seasons given in the above section are the seasons as fixed 
by the Act of June 3, 1911, Sec. 2, which provides: Sec. 2. The open sea- 
son for g-ray, b'ack, or fox squirrels; also the open season for the gray 
rabbit and hare; also the open season for the ruffed grouse, the wild turke.v. 
the quail, commonly called Virginia partridge, English, Mong-olian, i-ing- 
necked and Chinese pheasants, shall be from the 1st day of November to 
Dec. 15, inclusive.] 

Xi;;rlit, Method)*. — Sec. 15. It shall be unlawful to kill any game birds 
during the night time, beginning one hour after sundown and extending to 
one hour before sunrise. Or to kill game of any kind, excepting by the use 
of a gun such as is visually raised at arm's length and fired from the 
shoulder. And no person shall at any time use any trap, snare, net, ))ird 
lime, swivel g-un, deer lick, pitfall, turkey blind, turkey call or pen, or to 
make use of any artificial light, battery, or other deception or contrivance 
or device whatever, with intent to take game birds or game animals. Ex- 
cepting that decoys and blinds may be used in hunting: wild water fowl, and 
ihat rabbits may be taken through the use of box-traps, and that bear may 
be taken through the use of pens. 

Further VVildfo-wlIng- KeK'nl»tion»*. — Sec. 16. It shall be unlawful to hunt 
for or pursue, or to follow after, with intent to kill, any wild waterfowl 

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protected by law, within this Commonwealth, from or with, or through the 
use of, any craft propelled by means other than oars, pole, or hand-paddle. 
Act of June 3, 1911. — It shall be unlawful for any person, or for any num- 
ber of persons acting- together, to place in any of the waters of this Com- 
monwealth, for the purpose of attracting wild waterfowl of any descrip- 
tion, more than twenty specimens of artificially prepared wooden ducks, 
or ducks of any character, comjnonly used as decoys, or to shoot over or 
attempt to control more than twenty such decoys, so placed as to cover 
not exceeding one-fourtli of a mile, upon any stream or lake within this 
Commonwealth. Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person, eithei- 
using decoys or otherwise, to shoot at wild watei-fowl of any kind before 
sunrise of any day. upon any of the waters located within this Common- 
wealth. 

.4.iitoiiintio Gnu. — Chap. 329 P. L. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any 
person to use what is commonly known as an automatic gun for the killing 
of game. 

Bag. — Sec. 17. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill in any one day 
more than five ruffed grouse, commonly called pheasant, or more than ten 
woodcock, or more than ten English, Mongolian, or Chinese pheasant; or 
more than twenty of either of the above kinds in any one week, or more than 
fifty of any of the aforesaid kind in any one season; or more than five Hun- 
garian quail in any one day, or more than twenty in one week, or more 
than thirty in any one season; or more than ten quail, commonly called 
Virginia partridge, in any one day, or more than forty of such birds in 
any one week, or more than seventy-five thereof in any one season; or 
more than one wild turkey in any one day, or more than two wild turkeys 
in any one season, counting each week as beginning on Monday morning 
and ending on Saturday night following; or to have in possession at any one 
time more than the number above limited for the season, if tlie same had 
been taken within this Commonwealth. 

Deer. — Sec. 18. It shall be unlawful to kill any deer, except from the 
1.5th day of November to the 1st day of December; or to kill in any one 
season more than the one deer, which shall be a male deer, with horns 
visible above the hair; or to have a deer so killed or taken, or any part 
thereof, in possession, except during said open season and for thirty days 
thereafter. Sec. 19. It shall be unlawful to kill any deer in the water; or 
to use a dog in hunting deer. It shall be unlawful to use buckshot in 
hunting deer, or a gun propelling more than one pellet, bullet, or ball 
through a single discharge. 

Elk. — Sec. 19. The game laws of this Commonwealth shall not he held to 
apply to elk. 

Squirrel, Hare, Bear. — Sec. 25. The open season for gray, black, or fox- 
squirrels shall be from the 1st day of November to the 15th day of Decem- 
ber, and it shall be unlawful for any person to kill more than six squirrels 
of the combined kinds in one day. The open season for hares or rabbits 
shall be from the 1st day of November to the 15th day of December next 
following, and i^ rhall be unlawful for any one person to kill more than ten 
hare or rabbits jn any one day. [Use of ferrets forbidden. 1 It shall be 
unlawful to kill bear save only from the 1st day of October to the 1st day 
of January. 

Slii]iinent, Export. — Sec. 28. No person shall, at any time, transport out 
of this State, any game animal or game bird or wild bird protected by this 
act: Provided, That any non-resident licensed hunter may take with him 
personally, when leaving the State, any of the game mammals or game 
birds that such licensee has lawfully taken, not exceeding the number that 
any one person may lawfully take in any one day: Provided. That no game 

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shall be taken out of this State unless accompanied by the owner thereof, 
and the game so shipped shall have attached thereto a tag showing- the 
name and address of the owner and the number of his license. 

Raccomi.— Act of .June .S, 1911.— Sec. 1. The raccoon shall be classed as 
a g-ame animal, and it shall be unlawiul to kill or capture sucli animal, ex- 
cepting- during- (h.- nionth.s of September, Octo))er, November and December 
of eacli yeai-. 

]Vuu-KeMiileiit l.iveiiNe.— Act of April 14, 1903.— Sec. 1. Every non-resident 
of this Commonwealth shall be required to take out a license from the 
treasurer of the county in which he prop6ses to hunt, before beginning- to 
hunt in any part of this Commonwealth. Each and every person not a 
resident of this Commonwealth shall pay a license fee of ten dollars to the 
treasurer of the county in which he proposes to hunt, and the said treas- 
urer shall thereupon issue to him a certificate. 

UnuutiiruIiiccMl Re»tideut!s — Act of May 1, 1909. — Sec. 1. It shall be un- 
lawful foi- any unnaturalized foreign-born resident to hunt for or capture 
or kill, ill tliis Commonwealth, any wild bird or animal, either game or 
otherwise, of any description, excepting in defense of person or property; 
and to that end it shall be unlawful for any unnaturalized foreign-born 
resident, within this Commonwealth, to either own or be possessed of a 
shotgun or rifle of any make. Sec. 2. For the purposes of this act, any 
unnaturalized foreign-born person -who shall reside or live within the 
boundaries of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for ten consecutive days 
shall be considered a resident. 

FLSH. 

FlMhing; Methods. — Act of May 1, 1909. — Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful 
to use any device for taking fish, except the following, to-wit: For game 
fish, with rods and lines, or with hand lines, and for pickerel and yellow 
perch, also with tip-up, and for suckers, through the ice, w^ith pole and 
burr hook. And, provided, That no device except a single rod and line shall 
be used by any person in waters inhabited by charr, or trout, except that 
in such waters suckers may be taken with pole and burr hook. And, pro- 
vided further, That in streams not inhabited by trout, eels, carp, suckers 
and mullets may be taken by the use of a gig or spear, during the months 
of July, August, September and October of each year: Provided further. 
That no person shall use, when fishing for pickerel or yellow perch, moi-e 
than eight tip-ups: Provided, also. That both rods and lines or hand line 
shall not have attached to it more than three hooks, and that one burr of 
three hooks shall be considered as one hook: Provided further. That noth- 
ing herein shall be held to forbid the use of the gaff or the landing net 
to assist in landing fish already caught by lawful devices. 

Siindny. — No fishing of any kind, or with any device, shall be done by any 
person or persons on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. 

SeaNouN. — Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful to fish for, or have in pos- 
session, the same being .killed, charr, commonly called brook trout, or any 
species of trout except lake trout, from the 1st day of August to the 14lli 
day of April next ensuing, botli inclusive; or blue pike, pike-perch, other- 
wise called wall-eyed pike or Susquehanna salmon, and pickerel and yellow 
perch, from the 1st day of January to the 14th day of June, both dates in- 
clusive; or any other game fish from the 1st day of December to the 14th 
day of June next ensuing, both inclusive. It shall be unlawful also to 
catch and kill, or have in possession, the same being killed, any white bass, 
rock bass; crappie, strawberry, or calico bass, or any yellow perch; charr, 
otherwise called brook trout; or any species of trout, except lake trout, less 
than six inches in length; any black bass or small-mouth bass; large-mouth 

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bass, otherwise called Oswego, or yellow bass; striped bass, otherwie called 
rock fish, lake or salmon trout, less than eight inclies in leng'tli; or any 
blue pike, pike-perch, otherwise called wall-eyed pike, or Susquehanna sal- 
mon, or any pickerel, less than twelve inches in length; or any muscallonge 
or western pike, less than twenty-l'our inches in lengtli; and tlie measure- 
ment of said fish shall be from the tip of nose to the tip of the tail; and it 
shall be unlawful for any one person to catch, kill, or have in possession, 
the same being killed, more than forty cliarr, or trout; or more than twelve 
small or large-mouth bass, or more than twenty-live rock bass, white bass, 
calico bass, erappie, pickerel, blue pike, or pike-perch; or moi'c tlian four 
muscallonge or western pike, in any one day. 

Biillfrog:»4. — Act April 6, 1903. — It shall be unlawful to kill .uin- bullfrogs, 
only from the 1st day of July to the 1st day of November. 



WISCONSIN. 

Kaw.s ns Ain(>ii(]e<I 1911. 

Hunting- I^icense. — Sec. 149Sa. Any resident or non-resident who shall 
inirsue any of the birds, fowls- or animals without being in possession of a 
license, shall be fined: Provided, That nothing in this act sliall prevent 
the owner or occupant and members of their families of any land from 
hunting and killing rabbits thereon at any time, or squiri-c's durins' the 
open season without a license. 

Rexideut Lioen-ses. — Sec. 1498s. Every person who has resided in this 
State for one year must first oVitain a license from the county clerk of the 
county in which he resides. [Fee $1.] The holder of a resident coupon 
license shall be entitled to have transported within the State one carcass 
of a deer or part of carcass of deer on each of the two coupons attached to 
his license. 

Non-Resident I.ivonso. — Sec. 1498r. Every person who has not resided 
in this State for one year shall be considered a non-resident and shall pay 
to the secretary of State for a license to hunt deer, which shall include 
permission to liunt all other kinds of game, $25; for the hunting- of all 
kinds of game, with the exception of deer, .$10. (f) The holder of a non- 
resident license shall be entitled to have transported within or without the 
State one carcass of a deer or part of a carcass of a deer on the coupon 
,'ittached to his license. 

Huntinjt;- With Uo{t-.s. — Sec. 4r)t)9a. It shall be unlawful to hunt any game 
of any kind with a dog or dogs, in the counties where deei- are allowed 
to be killed during the open season therefor. 

Deer, Moose. — Sec. 4562d. 1. It shall be unlawful to kill (a) any deer be- 
tween the 1st day of December and the 10th day of November, of the suc- 
ceeding year, both inclusive (hereby intending to include in the close season 
for hunting deer all the year, except the last twenty days of November, 
inclusive); (b) any deer in the counties of Grant. La Fayette, Green, Rock, 
Walworth, Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, Dane, Iowa, 
Crawford, Richland, Sauk. Columbia, Dodge, Buffalo, AVashington Ozaukee, 
Sheboygan, Fond du L.ac, Green Lake, Pepin, Marquette, Adams, Vernon. 
Monroe, La Crosse, Wausliara, Winnebago, Calumet. Manitowoc, Outagamie. 
Brown, Kewaunee, Portage and Waupaca at any time; (c) any deer with 
a dog at any time; (d) any deer in the night time; (e) any deer in the 
water or on the ice of any stream, lake or pond at any time; (f) any deer 
by means of any pit, pit-fall, trap or snare at any time; (g) any deer by 
the aid of artificial light at any time; (h) it is made unlawful to place any 
salt in any place for purpose of enticing deer thereto or to use any elevated 

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scaffold or olliei- device for the purpose of killiiit^- deer; (i) any moose at 
any time. 

'^. (a) It slijill be unlawful foi- any resident to kill mure than two deer 
or any non-iesident to kill more than one deer in any one year, or to have 
in liis possession the skin of any deer when it is in the red coat or tlie 
skin of any fawn wlien it is in the spotted coat, or the carcass of more 
than two deer or parts of carcass of more than two deer during- any one 
year, (b) The term "deer" as used in this act shall bo construed to mean 
a buck, doe or fawn. 

Kabhit. Saiiiirrel. — Sec. 4560c. It shall "be unlawful to take any rabbit, 
yiay, fox or black squirrels between the 1st day of February and the lOtli 
day of October; provided in the counties of Chippewa, Rusk, Eau Claire, 
I'ierce, St. Croix, Portage, Waupaca, Richland and Waushara it shall be 
unlawful, between the 1st day of February and 10th day of September, but 
in counties of Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Kenosha, I^a Fayette, Sauk, Door, 
Bayfield, Chippewa, Douglas, Price, Rusk, Taylor, Racine, Burnett, Polk, 
Barron, St. Croix, Richland, Monroe, Winnebago, Langdale, Forest, 
Florence, Sliawano, Jackson, Clark, Sawyer, Washburne, Ashland, Buffalo. 
Pepin, Oconto, Adams, Marquette, Fond du Lac, Oneida, Iron, Silas and 
Veinon there shall be no closed season for rabbits, and there shall be no 
open season for sciuirrels in Waukesha county. [Sec. 4.5050. It shall be 
unlawful to luinl labbits with ferrets.] 

Uplsiud Ciaine Biril.^i. — Sec. 4562e. It shall be unlawful to take (a) any 
woodcock, paitridge, plover, or snipe, between the 1st day of December and 
the succeeding 10th day of September, or (b) any prairie chicken or prairie 
hen or grouse of anj- variety between the 1st day of October and the suc- 
ceeding 10th day of September, in any of the following named counties: 
Ashland, Adams, Barron, Burnett, Buffalo, Brown, Bayfield, Chippewa. 
Clark, Crawford, Dodge, Dunn, Douglas, Grant, Eau Claire, Iowa, Jackson, 
Juneau, Da Fayette, Marquette, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie, Pepin, Polk, 
Pierce, Portage, Richland, Rusk, Sawyer, Shawano, St. Croix, Vernon, 
Washburn, Waushara, Waupaca and Wood; (c) any prairie chicken or 
prairie hen or grouse of any variety in any other county than those here- 
inbefore enumerated before the 1st day of September, A. D. 1915, or (d) 
any Mongolian, Chinese or English pheasant or' quail of any variety hc- 
fore the 1st day of October, A. D. 1915. 

Aqiisitic Birdin. — Sec. 4563. It shall be unlawful to take any variety of 
wild duck (including American coot or mud hen), rail, or rice hen, be- 
tween the 1st day of January and the succeeding 1st day of September in 
any year; any wild goose or brant, between the 1st day of May and the 
10th day of September; any swan at any time. 2. Any wild goose or brant 
between the 1st day of May and the succeeding 10th day of September in 
any \ ear. '■',. Any swan at any time. 

rrohihitiMl MotliodM. — Sec 4563b. It shall be unlawful (1) to kill any 
a(|uatic fowl by any other means than by the use of guns held at arm's 
length and discharged from the shoulder; (2) to hunt with or shoot from 
any boat, canoe, contrivance or device whatever, on any of the waters of 
tills State outside or beyond the natural covering of weeds or other vege- 
tation growing above the water, or within such natural covering or vege- 
tation in any boat or craft except such as are propelled by oars from the 
side; (3) to use more than twenty-five decoys by each person; such decoys 
to be personally set and watched in water not more than two hundred feet 
from natural covering, by the owner or owners; (4) to pursue, take, catch 
or kill any aquatic fowl between sunset and one hour before sunrise; (5) 
to hunt or molest aquatic fowl, other than wild geese and brant by the use 
of a rifle. But nothing shall prevent tlio killing of wild geese and brant 

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hy use of shotsuns upon the frozen waters, rivers and lakes between Sept. 
11 and April 3<>. except on Lake Geneva in AValworth county. 

Use of Firearm — Sec. 4564b, W. S., 1898. Any person who Shall use in 
pursuit of any animal, fowl or bird any pivot gun or swivel gun, or any 
other nrearm not habitually held at arm"s length and discharged from the 
shoulder, shall be punished. 

IViiiiiber, Transportation. — See. 4560a. 1. It shall be unlawful to kill or 
have in possession, or ship to any point either within or Without this State 
during- any one day, (a) more than five of any variety of grouse, prairie 
chicken, or woodcock; or more than ten wild geese or brant; (b) more 
than ten partridge; (c) more than fifteen wild duck of any variety (including 
American coot or mudhen), plover, snipe, rail and rice hens; (d) any Mon- 
golian, Chinese or English pheasant, swan, bob-white or quail; (e) the 
possession of any protected game birds by any person Avho Is not in pos- 
session of a hunting license then in force, shall be unlawful. 2. A resi- 
dent of this State may carry with him as baggage or express or in his 
personal possession, the full limit of any one kind of game bird provided 
in this act, or a mixed bag containing not more than twenty of the game 
birds herein enumerated, the bag not to contain more than the limit fixed 
herein for any one variety of said game birds; and provided that the same 
be carried or conveyed only to points within this State, and that same must 
be acompanied by the shipper from point of shipment to point of destina- 
tion. 3. A non-resident may take thirty game birds and carry, convey or 
transport the same under the limitations and restrictions provided for 
i-esidents in sub-section two of this act, to points within or without this 
State: Provided, however. That not more thaii thirty game birds shall be 
conveyed, carried or transported by any non-resident beyond the borders 
of this State in any one year. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
ship within this State any birds protected by the laws of this State, except 
when the same shall be in the personal possession of or carried as baggage 
or express by the owner thereof, and said owner shall have in his pos- 
session a hunting license, then in force duly issued to him under the pro- 
vision of law, and shall accompany said birds on the same train or other 
conveyance; provided, there shall be only one shipment each day by any 
one person, and that the number of birds carried at any one shipment shall 
not exceed thirty, as provided in sub-section two of this act. 

AVeiglits of Fish.- — Sec. 4560a. Any person who shall take or have in his 
possession, pike of any variety of less than one pound, round or undressed 
weight, any fiddler, catfish of any kind of less than one and one-half 
pounds, round or undressed weight, or less than one pound dressed weight, 
or any black bass, yellow bass, green bass or Oswego bass of a length less 
than 10 inches, or white bass or crappie less than 7 inches [tip of nose to 
tip of tail] shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Bass, Other Fish, — Sec. 4560a. It shall be unlawful to take any large or 
small mouth black bass, Oswego bass, or yellow bass, in any of the waters 
of this State, between the 15th day of March and the 1st day of June next 
succeeding. In all inland waters [except certain specified] the closed sea- 
son for game fish, except bass and brook trout of any variety, shall be from 
the 1st day of March to the 1st day of June next succeeding. It shall be 
unlawful to have over fifteen of any black ba,ss, Oswego bass or yellow 
bass in possession at any one time or take or retain any of the above 
enumerated bass of a length less than ten inches. 

Brook Trout. — Sec. 4560a. It is hereby prohibited (a) to catch in any of 
the inland waters of this State, with any device or in any manner any 
variety of trout between Sept. 1 and the succeeding 15th day of April; 
(b) to ship trout of any variety without accompanying the shipment; (c) 

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ti) .sell, offer for sale or barter, any variety of ti-out; (d) to have in pos- 
se-ssion or under control any variety of trout during- the closed season; 
(e) to have more than forty-five trout of any variety which were caught in 
any of the inland waters of this State, in possession or under control dur- 
ing- any one day, during the open season; (f) to fish for or by any device 
attempt to kill any variety of fish in any of the streams of this State (ex- 
i-opt navig-able rivers), which contain trout of any variety, during the closed 
season specified herein for trout; (g) to take or have in possession or 
under control trout of any variety less than six inches in length. [Pro-- 
visions do not apply to lake trout, nor trout raised in private waters.] 

Minnow Seines. — Sec. 45G0a. It shall be lawful to use a minnow seine not 
more than twenty feet in length or five feet in depth or a minnow dip net 
not more than five feet in diameter in any of the inland waters except 
waters which contain trout in any variety for the purpose of taking rough 
lish minows for bait, provided that all game flsh taken by such nets be 
immediately returned to the Avaters where taken. 

Miislielliing-e and Stureeon Weiftlit. — Sec. 21, Chap. 437, 1903. The taking 
of any muskellunge of less weight than four pounds round weight, or two 
pounds dressed weight, or of any sturgeon of less than eight pounds round 
weight, or four pounds dressed weight, is hereby prohibited. 

Fi.sli Transportation. Bxport. — Sec. 4560a. 9. It shall be unlawful to ship 
or tran.sport any game fish between the 1st day of March and the 1st day of 
June. Chap. 312, Laws 1899. Sec. 22. It shall be unlawful to offer for 
transportation or to transport to any point within or without this State any 
lish taken from the inland waters of this State, except as hereinafter pro- 
vided (a) If marked as provided by law, one package and no more, con- 
taining not more than twenty pounds of flsh, except lake trout or in lieu 
tliereof not more than two fish of any weight, may be transported to any 
point within or without this State, by any person, provided that not more 
than one such shipment shall be made during one week by the same person, 
(b) Any package or shipment containing more than twenty pounds of fish, 
except lake trout taken from the inland waters of this State, may be trans- 
ported to any point within this State: provided, that shipments be marked 
as provided by law, and that the shipments be accompanied by the shipper 
from point of shipment to place of destination. Shipments to points with- 
(jut the State are hereby prohibited except as provided in paragraph a. 
id) Shipments of lake trout not to exceed twenty pounds in weight may be 
made to points within or without this State, when acompanied by the ship- 
per [one shipment in seven days]. [Packages must be labeled with name 
and address of shipper and of person to whom shipped.] 

Non-Resident Fisliins l-icen.se. — Chap. .525, Laws 1909. — Sec. 2. It shall be 
un'awful for any male non-resident over the age of 16 years to fish with 
hook and line in any of the inland waters without having provided a 
license therefor. [Fee $1, issued by warden.] 



HAWAII. 

Birds. — Chap. 37 of the Revised Statutes, Sec. 459, makes the close seasons: 
IMigratory or wiM duck, plover, snipe, turnstone, curlew, stilt or mudhen. 
May 1 to Sept. 15. Native wild duck, Hawaiian goose, Feb. 1 to Sept. 15. 
Quail, pheasant, March 1 to Sept. 15. Wild dove or wild pigeon, Feb. 1 to 
July 1. Imported birds (except the mynah bird) protected always. Intro- 
duced fera? naturse protected for ten years. 

Always consult the index on the 
last page facing back cover 

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COLORADO. 

Revised Statutes, as Aiiieurted 1011. 

Game ami Fish I'roteotert. — Revised Statutes. — 2753. No. person -shall at 
any time of the year, or in any manner, pursue, ta.ke, wound or kill any 
bi.son, buffalo, elk. deer, antelope, mountain .sheep or beaver, or any of the 
following: wild birds, viz.: Turkey, prairie chicken, sage chicken, grou.se, 
iiuail, pheasant, partridge, ptarmigan, duck, goose, brant, swan, crane, water 
fowl, pigeon, dove, snipe, or curlew, or any trout, whitetisli, grayling, sun- 
lish. bas.s, walleyed pike or other food fish, except as permitted by this act. 

Seasuus. — Revised Statutes. — 2759. It shall be lawful to kill, during the 
open season therefor, in the manner, of the kind, for the purpose and to the 
number and extent in this provision provided, tlie following game and fish, 
and the open season therefor in each year shall begin and end as herein- 
tifter provided, botli dates Inclusive, namely: For deer having horns, Oct. 
1 to Oct. 6, inclusive. For prairie chickens, mountain and willow grouse, 
Aug. 15 to Oct. 10. For sage chickens, Aug. 1 to Sept. 1. For pheasants, 
capercailzie, black game and other grouse not indigenous to this State, 
Sept. 1 to Sept. 20. commencing in 1915. For ducks, geese, brants, swans, 
cranes, plovers, curlews, snipes and other wading, marsh and shore birds 
and water fowl, Oct. 1 to March 1. For doves, Aug. 1 to Sept. 1, except at 
altitudes of 7,000 feet or over it shall be July 10 to Aug. 10. 

Fisli. — 2759a. The open season in running streams for trout and grayling 
not less than 17 inches in length shall begin May 25 and end Oct. 31, and in 
lakes sliall begin May 1 and end Oct. 31, and in no instance shall fishing 
be done between the hours of 10 o'clock P. M. and 4 o'clock A. M. Sec. 
2759b. The open season for whitefish, bass, catfish and walleyed pi.ke shall 
be March 1 to Nov. 20. 

Uinit. — 2759c. Tlie right given by this division is limited to food pur- 
poses and to twenty birds of each of the kinds mentioned in this act; hut 
no person shall kill more than twenty birds in the aggregate of all kinds in 
any one calendar day, nor have in possession more than thirty at any one 
time; and the right herein given to take fish is limited to twenty pounds in 
one day. but no person shall have in possession more than twenty-five 
pounds of fish at any one time. 

Possession. — 2759d. No game or fish shall be held in possession Ijy any 
person for more than five days after the close of the season for killing 
the same. 

r<<aiiie may l>e exported on permit from Commissioner.] 

.Metiiodin. Sale. — 27.")9c. No game shall be killed in the night, nor with a 
steel or hard-pointed bullet, nor with any weapon other than an ordinary 
shoulder gun or pistol, nor shall any fish be ta.ken except in the ordinary 
manner with a line and rod he'd in the hand, and the hook or hooks baited 
with natural or artificial bait; and fishing with snag hooks or trot lines, or 
lines having more than five hooks thereon, shall not be deemed the ordi- 
nary manner of fishing; nor shall any person fish within two hundred feet 
of any fishwa.v. nor dispose of to another, except by actual donation, any 
game or fish taken or killed under the provisions of this section: Provided. 
That dogs, blinds, sinks and decoys may be used for hunting birds. 

Transportation. — Sec. 9. The [hunting license] coupon attached to game 
lawfully ta.ken or killed and lawfully in possession shall authorize posses- 
sion, use, storage and transportation of the carcass, or any part thereof 
within the State during the open season therefor of the year of its date 
and for five days thereafter. Tlie coupon so attached to the hide, head, feet 
or hoiTis shall autliorize any licensed taxidermist to dress or mount the 

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same, and shall render it lawful for any person to hold, possess and 
transport the same within this State so long as such coupon is so attached. 
[Evidence of sex of quadrupeds must be retained.] 

I.ioeuses. — 2837. No person not a citizen of the United States and a bona 
fide resident of the State shall engage in hunting or fishing therein with- 
out non-resident hunting or fishing license [issued by commissioner or 
county recorder]. Pee for non-resident $10. Non-resident bird hunting, 
for one day $1, for one week $2. Resident hunting, $1. Non-resident flsh- 
Jng, |2. Guide license, $5. 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 

Acts of J»OI, 1!>0J> ami 1911. 

Deer. — House Bill 380, Laws 1911. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful to kill 
any deer at any time, except during the month of November. Sec. 2. It 
shall be unlawful for any person in any one year to kill more than one male 
deer. The killing of any female deer or fawn at any time is unlawful. Any 
person having lawfully killed any of the said animals allowed to be killed 
by law is entitled to the use and possession of the whole of such animal 
killed. Sec. 3. The game animals named in this article may be killed only 
by persons duly licensed. 

Klk, Mountain Sheep. — Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful to kill any elk or 
mountain sheep at any time. 

Re.siilent License for Deer Hunting. — Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any 
resident of this State to kill any of the game animals named herein with- 
out first having secured a hunter's license. Such license shall be procured 
from the county treasurer of the county in which such person desires to 
ki:i such animals, upon payment of $5. A big game license shall not be 
considered as covering small game, for which the usual license must be had. 

Anteloiie. — Act Jan. 17, 1911. — It shall be unlawful to hunt, shoot at, 
wound or capture any antelope at any time. 

Non-Resi<lent Must Have Guide. — Sec. 11. It shall be unlawful for any 
non-resident to pursue, hunt or kill any of the game animals named in this 
act, except when acompanied by a qualified guide. A qualified guide is one 
that at the time is a deputy game warden of the county. 

Export. — Sec. 13. Every person, who may wish to transport beyond the 
limits of this State any carcass or carcasses, heads, antlers, scalps or skins 
of any of the game animals named in this act, shall first procure from a 
justice of the peace a certificate to the effect that such carcass or car- 
casses, head, heads, antlers or skins were ta.ken from animals lawfully 
killed. 

Birds. — Chap. 24, Laws 1909. — No person shall take any snipe, prairie 
chicken, pinnated, white-breasted, or sharp-tailed grouse, partridge, ruffed 
grouse, Chinese, ring-necked or English pheasant, wild duck of any variety, 
wild goose of any variety; except that snipe, plover, prairie chicken, pin- 
nated, white-breasted or sharp-tailed or ruffed grouse, woodcock, upland 
and golden plover may be killed and had in possession between the 10th 
day of September and the lOtli day of October; wild duck of any variety, 
and wild goose of any variety, brant and other varieties of aquatic fowl 
may be killed between the 10th day of September and the 10th day of 
April. [Game may be possessed five days in the close season.] No person 
shall take in one day more than 10 birds, except ducks or other aquatic 
fowl, which shall be 20, or have in possession at any one time more than 2.'"i 
prairie chickens, white-breasted, sharptailed or ruffed grouse, ■ partridge, 
pheasant, woodcock, upland plover, golden plover or any or all of the same 

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combined, or 50 snipe, wild duck, geese, brant, or any variety of aquatic 
fowl, or any or all of the same combined. 

[Quuil are protected to Oct. 1, 1912.] 

[Gniiie may be transported only wlien accompanied by owner.] 

[UceuMeM for Huutiug- are required. Resident, deer, $5; small game $1 
(except to hunt on one's own land). Non-resident, deer $25, birds $15, fish- 
ing- $2. Licenses issued by county treasurer.] 

Fish. — Act Feb. 26, 1909. — It shall be unlawful to take any trout during 
October, November, December, January, February and March, and to take 
bass, shad, crappies, pike or pickerel during- November, December, January, 
February, March and April. [Lawful size, any variety, 6 inches in length.] 



WYOMING. 

Act March 2, as Aineuded 1911. 

Sniiie, Sandpiper. — Sec. 21. It shall be unlawful to shoot any snipe, 
sandpiper or other Limicolse, except from Sept. 1 to April 30 of the next 
year: Provided, That curlew may be shot only during the months of 
August and September. 

Grouse, Pheasant, (iuail. — Sec. 22. It shall be unlawful to shoot any 
sage grouse, except during- the months of August and September, and all 
other grouse may be shot from Sept. 25 to Nov. 30 of each year. It shall 
be unlawful to kill any Mongolian pheasant or quail until Sept. 25, 1912, 
when the killing of such birds shall be allowed only during tlie open season 
for grouse other than sage grouse. 

Ouclcs and Geese.— Sec. 23. It shall be unlawful to shoot any wild duck 
or wild goose, except from Sept. 1 to April 30 of the next year. 

Uniit on Game Birds. — Sec. 29. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
kill or have in possession in the field more than eighteen game birds in any 
one day and not more than twelve of such g-ame birds may be grouse. 

Limit on Game Animals. — Sec. 28. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
kill more tlian two elk, two deer, and one mountain sheep in any one year. 

Moose, Antelope, Elk, Mountain .Sheep. — Compiled Statutes, Sec. 2746. It 
shall l>e imlawful to kill any moose or antelope [until 1915], or to kill any 
elk or mountain sheep, except in Tremont, Unita and Carbon counties and 
those parts of Big Horn and Park counties west of the Big Horn Rivei- 
[until 1915]. 

neer. Elk, Mountain Sheep. — Compiled Statutes, Sec. 2747. It shall be un- 
lawful to kill any elk, deer or mountain sheep, except from Sept. 1 to Nov. 
30 of each year: Provided, That male mountain sheep only shall be per- 
mitted to be killed. 

IJcense. — Sec. 30. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill any of the 
game animals without having first procured a license. Sec. 31. It shall be 
unlawful for any person to kill any of the game birds of this State with- 
out having first procured a license. 

License. — Sec. 33. Any person who is a bona fide elector of this State or 
the child or legal ward of a bona fide elector of this State over the age 
of fourteen years, or a soldier or sailor who is a bona fide elector of the 
United States and has been stationed at a Government post within this State 
for one year past [or non-resident landowner taxed $100 or more], upon 
payment of $2.50 to justice of the peace or assistant game warden, shall be 
entitled to receive a hunter's license to kill two elk, two deer and one 
male mountain sheep and the other game animals or birds; or upon pay- 
ment of $1.50, a license to kill any of the game birds. Sec. 34. Any ap- 

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plicant who has complied with the requirements of Sec. 33 shall upon 
payment of $5 be entitled to receive a license to .kill one elk in addition. 

IVon-Resiilent I,ifeu.se.^Sec. 35. Any non-resident citizen of the United 
States shall upon payment of $5 to a justice of the peace be entitled to 
leceive a g-unner's license to kill game birds and catch fish; and on pay- 
ment of $.50 a license to kill two elk. two sheep and one male mountain 
slieep and the other game animals or birds. Sec. 37. An alien shall upon 
payment of $20 receive a license to kill game birds and to catch fisli. [Sec. 
27. A non-resident must take out license to kill bear. Fee $10.] 

I'iiotographiujar Game. — Sec. 47. Permits may be obtained from State 
warden. 

[Guides. — Guides for hunting must ta.ke out a license, fee $10. Non- 
resident hunters must employ registered guide.] 

[Sliipinent. — A licensed non-resident hunter may transport out of the 
State carcass, head, antlers, scalp, skin or tusks of animals killed.] 

State Game Preserves. — Sec. 63 prohibits hunting in the Teton State 
Game Preserve and on the Big- Horn Game Preserve. 

Use of Dogs. — Sec. 2123. It shall be unlawful to use dogs for the purpose 
of running or coursing- deer, antelope, elk or mountain sheep. 

Mongroliau Pheasants and Quail. — Chap. 35, Laws 1905. — Sec. 1. It shall 
be unlawful to kill any Mongolian pheasant, Mexican, California or Bob- 
White quail until the 1st day of September, 1912. 

Fish — Sale, Shipment, Export. — Sec. 2137. It shall be unlawful for any 
common carrier or other persons to receive or have in their possession for 
transportation any game fish caught within the borders of the State: Pro- 
vided, That this section shall not apply to game fish lawfully taken from 
the waters of this State by any bona fide citizen thereof. Sec. 2138. It 
shall be unlawful to ship within or out of the State, or to carry out of the 
State, any game fish. 

Fish, Amount. — Sec. 2139. It shall be unlawful to have in possession on 
any one day, more than twenty pounds of game fish. 

Fish, Size. — Sec. 2147. It shall be unlawful to kill or have in possession 
nt any time, any trout or black bass less than six inches in length. 

Tackle. — Sec. 2149. A fishing tackle consisting of a rod or pole, line and 
hook, shall be the only lawful means by which fish may be taken. 



This edition is revised to the date of the 
index printed on last page. Any change in a 
law, as it is printed in the body of the book, 
will be noted in index. 

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VERMONT. 

I'liltlie Stsitiitos, Cliiiiitci- 'jt20, us Anieuded l!)ll. 

Aii^fling-; Close Season. — Sec. .",248. Woi'ds and phrases used in this chap- 
ter sliall, unless inconsistent with the context, mean as follows: Aiiglino. — 
Taking flsh witli hook and line or not exceeding' two rods or lines with 
hooks attached, lu-ld in hand, and not including set lines; but taking or 
hooking- fish by grappling shall not be angling under this definition. Close 
Season. — That period of time during which an act is prohibited. If an act 
is prohibited- between two dates, the prohibition shall include the first but 
not the last date. 

Trout, Saliiiou, liOu;;'e. — Sec. .5274. A person who takes a brook trout, 
brown trout, golden trout, rainbow trout, steelhead trout, la.ke trout, land- 
locked salmon or longe, in any brook or stream, or has in possession any 
such fish between the 1st day of August and the 1.5th day of April follow- 
ing, or on any pond or lake between the 1st day of September and the 1st 
day of May following, shall be fined. 

Fish, Sixes. — Sec. 5275. A person who ta.kes a brook trout, rainbow trout, 
brown trout, or Jjoch Leven trout less than six inches in length, or a black 
bass less than ten inches in length, or a land-locked salmon, salmon trout, 
or steelhead trout less than twelve inches in length, and does not immedi- 
ately return the same, with the least possible injury, to the waters from 
which it was taken or caught, shall be fined. [Possession of under-sized 
fish forbidden.] 

Angling- Only. — Sec. 5277. A person who takes or catches a brook trout, 
brown trout, golden trout, rainbow trout, steelhead trout, lake trout, land- 
locked salmon, pickerel, black bass, wall-eyed pi.ke or pike perch, muskal- 
longe, or pickerel, in any of the waters of this State, except by angling as 
defined by Section 5248, shall be fined. Nothing herein contained shall be 
construed as to affect the rights to slioot pickerel, as now provided. 

Caieh. — Sec. 5278. A person who takes more than fi pounds of brook 
trout, golden trout, rainbow trout, steelhead trout, or land-locked salmon 
in one day, or more than 25 pounds of lake trout or longe, shall be fined: 
Pi-ovided, however, That the taking of one fish additional, having less than 
the number of pounds herein specified when taken, shall not be regarded as 
•a violation of the law. 

Black Bass. — Sec. 5280. A person who. between the 1st day of January 
and the 15th day of June takes a black bass in any of the waters of this 
State, or has in possession a black bass so taken shall be fined. Sec. 5281. 
A person who takes more than twenty-four black bass in any one day 
shall be fined; and if two or more persons angling from the same boat 
take more than thirty-six black bass in any one day they shall be fined. 

Pike, Pereli. — Sec. 5282. A person who, between the 1st day of November 
and the 1st day of May, takes a wall-eyed pike or pike perch in any waters 
except Lake Champlain, shall be fined. 

White Peroh, Muskallouge. — Sec. 5283. A person who, between the 15th 
day oif April and the 1.5th day of June takes a white perch or muskallonge 
in any waters except Lake Champlain, he shall be fined. 

Pickerel. — Cliap. 141, Act 1908, as amended 1911. No person shall take 
pickerelduring the months of April and May. [Unlawful to shoot pickerel 
at any time, except in Lake Champlain between March 15 and May 15.] No 
person shall take more than 15 pounds in one day, provided that one fish 
m'ay be taken by a person who then has less than 15 pounds. 

Moose. Carllioii. — Sec. 5319. No person shall kill a moose or a caribou. 

Ijeer. — Sec. 5320. No person, except in the open season, shall kill a wild 
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deer. See. 5321. Deei- liaving- horns not le.^.s tlian three inches in longrth 
may be liunted and ta.ken annually from Nov. 15 to Nov. 25, both dates in- 
clusive, Sundays excepted, by persons holding: licenses to hunt; but no 
person shall hunt, desti-oy or capture a deer between 5 P. M. of one day 
and 5 A. M. or the following- day, or by the aid of a snare, trap, salt lick, 
jack or artificial light, or with a dog. Sec. 5322. No person during the 
open season shall take or have in possession more than one deer, and any 
person who kills a deer shall report the fact to the nearest deputy tish and 
game warden and exhibit to him the, head of such deer. Sec, 532:J. Deer 
taken by a resident of the State may not be transported except in the open 
season and for ten days thereafter, open to view, labeled with the name 
of the owner and acompanied by him. But this section shall not apply to 
the head, feet or pelt of a deer severed from the body. Sec. 5325. Dogs 
of the breed used for hunting deer shall not be permitted to run at large in 
the forests Inhabited by deer, moose or caribou. [Deer may be killed if 
destroying crops. The Government may, in the period of droug-ht, decree 
a special closed season.] 

Rabbits. — Sec. 5327, as amended 1911. No person sliall iuint or capture a 
wild rabbit or hare from the 1st day of Marcli to the 15th day of September, 
nor shall any person take in one day or have in possession at one time 
moi'e than six rabbits or hares. [Landowner may at any time kill depre- 
dating rabbits.] 

Hunting: Liicen.se. — Chap. 147. Laws 190S, as amended 1911. — Sec. 1.- No 
person shall kill any of the wild animals, wild fowl or birds without hav- 
ing first procured a license. Sec. 2. Such license shall be issued by the 
town clerk of any town. [The fee is 50 cents for a bona fide resident, or 
for owner of improved real estate value to $1,000. For non-resident (who 
does not own .^,000 wortli of improved real estate) $10. 5().] 

Transportation. — Sec, 4. A non-resident license shall permit the trans- 
portation of the carcass of one deer or part thereof, together with as many 
game birds and wild animals as may be lawfully taken by one person in a 
single day. Sec. 5. The liolder of a resident license may have transported 
as many game birds and wild animals as he may lawfully take in the open 
season. 

Game Bird.«i. — Sec. 5341. as amended 191(1. No person shall kill upland 
plover before Aug. 1, 1915. or a wood duck before the 15th da.v of Sep- 
tember, 1916, or a quail before the 15th day of September. 1911; English 
snipe or plover other than upland plover, between the 1st day of December 
and the 15th day of September; or ruffed grouse (common'y called par- 
tridge) or woodcock between the 15th day of November and the 15th day of 
September; nor shall a person kill more than five birds of a kind name! in 
this section in one day, except wild ducks; nor shall a person kill a wild 
duck other than wood duck or a wild goose between the 1st day of .Janu- 
ary and tlie 1st day of September, and not more than twenty wild ducks 
in one day; nor shall a person kill more than twenty-five ruffed grouse 
(commonly called partridge) or woodcock from the 15th day of ScplcnilM r 
in any year until the 15th day of November following. 

AVildfowl. — Sec. 5342. A person who hunts wild ducks with thr aid of a 
torch, jack or artificial light shall be fined. Sec. 5344. No person shall 
hunt or shoot a wild duck or wild goose on its feeding grounds between 
seven in the evening and five in the morning of the following day. ^ 
[Bngli-xh Partridse. Flieasaut. piotected to Oct. 1. 1913.] 

Bird Export Forbidden. — No jjerson or corporation shall kill or have in 
possession a gnme l)ii-d for which there is a close season, except for con- 
sumption for food within the State. 

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NORTH CAROLINA. 

Code UN Amended 1911. 

Mountain Trout — Code of 1883. — Sec. 1122. There shall be no taking of 
said fish between the 16th day of October and the 30th day of December. 

Hiintiue: AVIld Fowl on Sunday, by Ni»lit. or ivitli BIr- Gun.s Sec. 2837. 

No per.son .sliall hunt wild fowl on the Lord'.s day, or after the hour of 
sunset and before the hour of daylight, with g-un, or lire, or use any gun 
other than can be fired from the shoulder. 

AVild FoT»-l, Blind, Box. Battery, etc — Sec. 2840. No person shall kill, for 
sale, any wild fowl in tlie waters of Currituck, New Hanover, and Bruns- 
wick counties between the 10th days of March and November of each yeyr, 
or sliip out of the State between said dates any wild fowl killed in the 
waters aforesaid; and no non-resident shall shoot any wild fowl in any of 
the waters of New Hanover and Brunswick, Currituck and Dare counties 
from any blind, box. battery, or float of any kind, which is not on land at 
the time. [Non-residents (on license from clerk of Superior Court, fee $2.5) 
may so shoot in certain waters of Dare county.] 

Act, March 8, 1897 [as amended 1899]. — Sec. 1. That it shall be unlawful 
for any person who is not a citizen to shoot any wildfowl in the county of 
Currituck from any box, battery or float of any kind not on land at the time. 
Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person to shoot any wildfowl 
over decoys of any kind in the waters of Currituck Sound between the 31st 
day of March and the 1st day of November in eacli year; or to sell or to 
ship out of the State any wildfowl between said dates. Sec. 3. That it 
sliall be unlawful for an.v person to hunt any wildfowl on any Wednesday, 
Saturday or Sunday between November 1 and Marcli 31, or to disturb any 
raft of wildfowl. Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to leave any 
landing or anchorage before sunrise in the morning for the purpose of 
hunting wildfowl or to put decoys or nets into the water before sunrise, or 
to continue to hunt wildfowl after dark. Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful to 
sail, row or propel a boat over Currituck Sound on the Lord's day for the 
purpose of locating wildfowl for a future day. 

Chapter 24.5, Laws 1899. — Sec. 6. That it shall be unlawful for any pei-soii 
to liave more than one stationary bush blind standing in the waters of 
Currituck Sound between the hours of dark and sunrise on any day lietweeu 
November 1 and March 31. Sec. 7. That it shall be unlawful to skiff or 
ring shoot any boobies or ruddy duck between November 1 and Februar.y 
15. Sec. 8. All decked boats or float houses used for fishing must be an- 
chored in the shoal water on west side of the Sound, not more than 300yds. 
from shore; or at some public landing on the east shore between Chamb's 
Island and Powell's Point. 

Export. — Sec. 7 [as amended by Chap. 2. Laws 1911]. No person or cor- 
poration shall transport beyond the limits of this State, any of the par- 
tridges, pheasants, quails, or wild turkeys, snipe or woodcock, or non-game 
birds referred to in this act which have been killed or captured within this 
State. [See Sec. 11.] Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person or cor- 
poration to deliver or receive for transportation any package, box or other 
receptacle containing birds or game unless the same shall be labeled on the 
address side in plain letters, with the name and address of the owner and 
consignor and with the kind or kinds of birds which the said package, box 
or other receptacle contains. Chap. 2, Laws 1911. — Sec. 1. It shall be un- 
lawful to catch, net or trap any quail or partridge for the purpose of ship- 
ping or transpoi-ting the same without the State. 

Non-Resident I^ioense. — Sec. 10. — A non-resident who desires to hunt in 
any part of the said State shall make application for a hunter's license to 

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llie clerk of tlie Siipei-ior Court of any county, and for such license he shall 
pay ten dollars [plus 25 or 50 cent fee for issuing]. The license shall entitle 
the holder to hunt anywhere in the State. Sec. 11. Any person holding a 
hunter's license to hunt in North Carolina shall be permitted to take out 
of the State 50 partridges or quail, 50 beach birds or snipe, 12 grouse, 2 wild 
turkeys, in a season. [In some counties a county license is issued, valid for 
the issuing county only. 1 

OPEN SEASONS. 

Deer — Oct. 1 to Feb. 1. with many county exceptions. 

Squirrel. — Oct. 1 to March 1, with muny county exceptions. 

Wild Turkey. IJove, I.ark, Koluii. — Nov. 1 to March 1, with many county 
exceijtions. 

W'oodeoek. — Nov. 1 to March 1, with many county exceptions. 

Kiift'ed GroiiMe. I>liea.saut — Nov. 1 to Nov. 15, with many county exceptions. 

Qiiuil, Partridge. — Sept. 1-March 1, Watauga. Oct. 15-Jan. 15, Clay. 
Oct. 1-Feb. 15, Mitchell. Oct. 15-March 1, Dare, Tyrell. Oct. 15-March 20. 
Hyde. Nov. 1-March 1, Alleghany, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Car- 
teret, Caswell. Chowan, Cumberland, Gates, Hertford, Hoke, Jackson, Jolin- 
ston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Moore, New Hanover, Pamlico, Pender, Person. 
Pitt, Robeson, Wayne, Wilkes, Yancey, Nov. 1-Feb. 1. Bladen, Granvi.le. 
Vance, Nov. 1-March 1, Martin. Nov. 1-April 1, Columbus. Nov. 1-Feb. 15. 
Nortliampton. Nov. 1-March 15, Washington. Nov. 15-Feb. 1, Buncombe. 
Burke, Durham, McDowell, Madison, Orange, Transylvania. Nov. 15-March 
], Alamance, Chatham, Cherokee, Davidson, Duplin, Guilford. Halifax. 
Mason, Randolph, Sampson. Swain, Wake, Warren, Wilson. Nov. 15-Feb. 15, 
Edgecombe, Nash. Nov. 15-March 1, Franklin. Nov. 20-Jan. 1, Alexander, 
Forsyth. Nov. 20-Feb. 1, Greene. Nov. 20-Jan. 20, Anson, Caldwell. Nov. 
20-March.l, Richmond, Scotland. Nov. 25-Jan. 25, Catawba. Dec. 1-Jan. 10, 
Mecklenburg. Dee. 1-Jan. 15, Cabarrus, Haywood. Dec. 1-Feb. 1, Cleveland. 
Lincoln, Polk, Rockingham, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin. Dec. 1-Feb. 15, 
Rutherford. Dec. 1-March 1, Camden, Craven, Currituck, Harnett, Iredell, 
Peiquimans, Rowan. Dec. 15-Feb. 1, Davie. Dec. 15-Jan. 15, Montgomery, 
Union. Jan 1-March 1, Henderson. Protected to 1913 in Gaston. 

Deer. — Oct. 1-Feb. 1 in forty-six counties. 

Wildfowl. — Nov. 15-March 1, Alamance, Cherokee, Edgecombe. Sept. 15- 
Feb. 1, Beaufort. Sept. 1-March 1, Brunswick, New Hanover. Oct. 1-April 1. 
Cartaret. Oct. 15-Jan. 15. Clay. Nov. 1-March 1, Craven, Granville, Jones, 
Wake. Oct. 1-March 1, Guilford. Dec. 1-Jan. 10, Mecklenburg. Nov. 15- 
Feb. 1, Orange. Sept. 1-April 1, Richmond. Dec. 1-Feb. 1, Stanly. Stokes. 
Nov. 1-Feb. 1, Vance. 



ALASKA. 

Open SeaMonsi. — Grouse, ptarmigan, shore birds, wildfowl, Sept. 1-Nov. 2. 
North of latitude 62°: Moose (males only), caribou, sheep, Aug. 1-Dec. 11. 
South of latitude 62°: Moose (males), caribou, sheep, Aug. 20-Jan. 1. Black 
bear, Aug. 1-April 1. Brown bear, Oct. 1-July 2. Non-resident license fee 
$50, alien $100. Licensee may export 2 moose, 4 deer, S each caribou, sheep, 
goats, brown bears. Lawful kill in a year: 8 deer, 2 moose, .". each of 
caribou, sheep, brown bears, 25 grouse, ptarmigan, shore birds or water 
fowl in a. day. 



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KENTUCKY. 

Close Sesi.souN. — Act Ftl). 27, IX^i. — Src ]. It sliall be unluvvlul to kill 
any buck, doe or fawn between the l.st clay of March and the 1st day of 
September. Sec. 2. No per.son .shall kill any back, gray or fox squirrel 
between the 1st day of February and the l.'.th day of June; pi'ovided, g-ray 
squirrels may be killed for protection of crops. Sec. :!. No person shall 
kill any wild goose, wood duck, teal or other wild duck between the 1st 
day of April and the 15th day of August. Sec. 4. No person shall kill any 
wild turkey between the 1st day of February and the 1st day of September. 
Sec. 5. No person shall kill any woodcock between the 1st day of Febru- 
ary and the 20th day of June. Sec. 6. No person shall kill any quail, 
I)artridge or pheasant between the 1st day of January and the IHth day of 
November. Sec. 7. No person shall kill any dove between the 1st day of 
l>'«-))ruai->- and the 1st day of August. 

I S«iuirre]N aud Kahliits furthei- protected between Sept. 1." and Nov. ITi.] 

Riiigr-lVeek, i>Ionv;'cili:iu siiirt C'liine.se Pliea.<«:iutM are protected at all times. 

Traiisiiortatiou of wild turkey, plieasant, giouse. partiidge. quail, for- 
bidden, except when accompanied by owner. 

IVon-ReNuleut I-ieeu.se. — Chap. 79, Laws 1902. — Sec. 1. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any i^eison wlio is a non-resident to hunt any of the wild animals. 
fowls or Ijirds without procuring a license to do so. Sec. 2. The applicant 
shall fill out a blank application to be furnished by the clerk of the county 
court. [Fee. e(iuivalent to that charg-ed by visitor's own State.] 



RHODE ISLAND. 

AliNtraet Prepared hy (lie CoiiiiiiisNioiier.s of BirdN. I.a^v a.s Amended 1!>11. 

Partriflge, Quail and AVoodooek may be killed from Oct. 1.') to Dec. 1."). 
inclusive. 

Kxport. — Partridge, quail, woodcock or any of the J^imicoltp, commonly 
known as peep, plover, snipe, sandpiper, curleAv. yellow legs, also known as 
shore, marsh or beach birds, may not be taken or sent lieyond the limits 
of the State. [See "Hunters' Licenses."] 

Blaek Diiek and ^Vood Duek may be killed from Aug. 1.^ to March .11, 
inclusive. 

Peep, Plover. Snipe, VeUo«- Legs, and other so-called shore, marsh or 
beach birds ma^- be kil'.ed from July 15 to Dec. 15, inclusive. 

AViId Geese. Brant. Teal, Coot and all duck, except black duck and wood 
duck, may be killed at any time of the year. 

AV'aterfowl may not be pursued or killed, from, or by means of. or by the 
use of any boat, except what is commonly known as a skiff and pi'opellei] 
by oars, in Point Judith Pond. Charlestown Pond, Quonochontaug Pond. 

Hunsariau Partridge may not be klT.ed prior to Oct. 15, 1910. 

Pheasants may not be killed at any time. 

Fi.sh-Ha«ks may not be killed at any time. 

Deer shall not be killed at any time. Owner or occupant of land, first 
procuring- a license from the Secretary of State, may on his own land, kill 
with shotgun, loaded with shot, deer actually found destroying crops, vege- 
tables, or fruit trees. 

Rabbits, Hares and Gray Squirrels m;iy not be killed from Jan. 1 to Oct. 
31, inclusive. Penalty, .^20 for each animal. Tlie \ise of ferrets and weasels 
is prohibited. 

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HiintorM' Ui-euMOM. — No person shall hunt, pursue, take or kill any wild 
Ijjrd or animal, in this State, without having- fli-st obtained a license as 
liercinal'lt'i- pi-oxided. Licenses may be obtained from the town or eity 
ilerks, in each town or cit.w Fees: Every bona tide resident of tlic State, 
who is a citizen ol" the United States, $1.00. Every non-resident of the 
State, wlio is a citizen of the United States, $10. Every unnaturalized 
foi-eign-born person. $1."). E\'ery bona fide resident of this Stale, or his 
immediate family, may hunt (such birds or animals as may legally be 
killed) on land owned or leased by him and on which he is actually domi- 
ciled, and wliich land is used for agricultural purposes and not for club 
shooting, witliout sucli license. Any non-resident, who is a citizen of tlie 
United States, and who owns real estate in Rhode Island assessed for taxa- 
tion at $.')00; and any non-resident, who is a citizen of tlic United States 
an<I is a member of a hunting" or fishing' club incorporated pi'ior to Jan. 1. 
llto;». which clul) owns real estate in Rhode Island assessed at $1,000, may 
procure license on pa>ment of $1 plus registration fee. Eacli non-resident 
license shall enable the licensee to carry from the State not more than ten 
wildfowl, the exportation of which is prohibited by law, in each yeai-. pio- 
vided they are carried open to view. 

GEORGIA. 

I.a^v ill P^flfect AuK'ii-'*t 21, lUll. 

UceuMCM. — Sec. G. Any resident of the State may prt)ciirc a license to 
hunt in his resident county upon the payment of the sum of $1. License 
to such resident shall be issued authorizing him to hunt throughout tlie 
State upon the payment of $3. License shall be issued to non-residents of 
the State upon the payment of the sum of $1.5, which shall authorize such 
non-resident to hunt throughout the State. A person may hunt and fish in 
the open season in his own militia district or on his own land without a 
license. Tenants and their families by and with permission of the owner 
of the land shall be permitted to hunt and flsh on the lands leased and 
rented by them witliout license. [Licenses are issued by county game 
warden.] 

Game. — Sec. 11. 'I'he following shall be deemed game bii'ds and animals: 
Quails, commonly known as Bob White, partridges, doves, snipe, woodcocks 
and curlews, wild turkeys, grouse, pheasants, deer, squirrels, and summer 
or wood duck. 

Tran.si>ortatioii. — Sec. 13. Any person who shall transport or ship any 
of the game birds or animals mentioned in Section 11, without the limits 
of the State or from the county in which the g-ame was killed into another 
county, shall be g-uilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, It shall be lawful 
for any person duly authorized to hunt, to personally transport, openly the 
game actually killed by him, from the county in which it was killed to any 
county of this State, or without the State, but the person killing said game 
must, in each instance, accompany the game so killed. 

SoaNonN. — Sec. 14. Any person who shall kill or who is in possession of 
the following birds or animals, except between the following dates, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor: Quail, commonly known as Bob White, partridges, 
doves, wi'.d turkeys, gobblers, plovers, from Dec. 1 to March 1, following; 
snipe, from Dec. 1 to May 1, following; woodcock, or summer or wood duck, 
from Dec. 1 to Jan. 1, following; deer, fox squirrels^and gray squirrels, from 
Oct. 1 to Jan. 1, following, of each year. [Unlawful to bait fields for doves.] 

Basr l.iinits. — Sec. 15. During the open season no person shall kill more 
than three male deer, nor more than three wild turkey gobblers, during 
any one season. Nor more than 25 game birds of any one .species in any 

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one day, except snipe or doves, ol" which any person may kill foily in one 
day. 

ProU'ftoil ♦Speoios. — Sec. IG. Any person who shall kill any wild pheas- 
ant, grouse, wild doe or fawn or wild turkey hens, or any imported game 
birds or g-ame animals shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



DELAWARE. 

Uppu Seasons. — Quail, partridge, pheasant, Nov. 15-Jan. 1. Woodcock, 
July ]-Sept. 2, and Nov. 15-Jan. 1. Reed bird, ortolan, rail, Sept. 1-Nov. 2. 
Ducks, Oct. 1-April 16. Wood duck, Sept. 1-Nov. 1. Teal, Sept. 1-April 1. 
Goose, brant, Oct. 1-April 2. Hungarian partridge and dove, protected. 
Rabbit, hare, Nov. 15-Jan. 1. Squirrel, Sept. 15-Jan. 1. Forbidden to export 
quail, partridge, woodcock, rabbit, English snipe. Forbidden to export 
other game for sale. I^awful limit: 6 rabbits, 6 squirrels, 75 rail, 20 ducks, 
12 quail, 12 ruffed grouse, 12 woodcock. Non-resident license fee $10. 

Fish. — Act of April 29, 1909. — Sec. 1. That It shair be unlawful to catch 
I)lack bass, pike, pickerel, wall-eyed pike or pike-perch, California or rain- 
bow trout. German or brown trout, and speckled or brook trout in any bodies 
of water other than streams subject to and affected by the ebb ana flow of the 
tides, except as hereinafter provided. Sec. 3. That it shall V)e lawful to 
take any black bass, pike, pickerel, wall-eyed pike, or pike-perch between 
the 1st day of June and the 13th day of November, both inclusive, and any 
California or rainbow, German or brown or speckled or brook trout be- 
tween the 16th da.y of April and the 15th day of August, both inclusive; 
provided, that every black bass under the length of 8 inches, every pike, 
pickerel, wall-eyed pike or pike-perch xinder the length of 10 inches, and 
every brook trout, rainbow or other trout under the length of 6 inches, 
when hooked and caught, shall be with the least possible injury and as 
c|uickly as possible returned to the water by the person catching it. 



CONNECTICUT. 

Linino Opi'u Seasons as by amendments of 1911. — Hare, rabl)it, (Jet. 1 -Jan. 
15 (between Dec. 1 and Jan. 15 may be hunted only with dog and ferret). 
Gray squirrel, quail (5 in a day, 36 in a year), ruffed grouse (5 in a day, 36 
in a year), Chinese or Mongolian pheasant, woodcock, Oct. 8-Nov. 23. Plover, 
sandpipers, Wilson or English snipe, bay snipe, shore birds (50 each of 
plover, snipe, shore birds in a day), n\ud hen, gallinule, ducks, geese, brant, 
swan, Sept. 1-Jan. 1. Rail (35 in a day), Sept. 12-Jan. 1. (Deer, Hungarian 
partridge, wood duck, no open season.) 

E^xport of quail, woodcock and ruffed grouse forbidden. 

License required (except for landowner on his own land); issued by oJcrk 
of town, city or borough. Fees for resident $1.10. For non-resident, $10.25. 
For alien resident or non-resident $15.25. 

Trout. — Sec. 26. The close season for trout, other than lake trout, shall 
be from July 1st to March 31st. both inclusive. Sec. 28. No person shall 
take more than thirty brook trout or brown trout in one day. Sec. 32. 
Trout shall not be transported in this State except when acompanied by the 
actual owner. No person shall transport or accompany at any one time more 
than ten pounds of trout. No person shall transport trout out of the State. 

Lake Trout. — Sec. 33. The close season for lake trout shall be from Oct. 
1st to April 30th, both inclusive. 

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Bhsm, Piokerel, Pike. — Sec. 34. The close season for black ba.ss shall be 
Ironi INIay 1st to June 30th, both inclusive. Sec. 37. The close season for 
pickerel or wall-eyed pike shall be from March 1st to April 30th, both in- 
clu.sive. 

Lawful Sizes of Fisli Tnkeii. — La.ke trout 10 inches. Other trout 6 inches. 
Black bass 6 inches. Pickerel, wall-eyed pike, 12 inches. Striped bass, 12 
inclies. 



ARKANSAS. 

Quull, Partridge. — Act of 1903 [as amended 1905]. — Sec. 1. It shall be 
unlawful to kill any quail or partridge from the 1st day of March until the 
l.st day of November. 

Ueer. — Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful to kill or pursue by dogs any deer or 
fawn from the 1st day of February until the 1st day of September. 

AVild Turkey. — Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful to .kill any wild turkey from 
tlic 1st day of May vmtil the 1st day of September. 

Non-Residents. — Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person who is a 
non-resident of the State of Arkansas to shoot, hunt, fish, or trap at any 
season of the year. 

Night. — Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot after sunset 
or before sunrise upon any waters of this State, nor shall any persons shoot 
any wild duck or geese before sunrise or after sunset. 

E.xport. — Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or corpo- 
I'ations to ship, export or carry beyond the lines of the State any deer, 
turkey, wild fowl, game fish or game of any description [except rabbits, 
which may be exported if open to inspection]. 

[Imported Pheasants are protected always.] 

Fish. — [There are no restrictions as to angling.] 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 

Acts 1906, 1910, as Amended 1911. 

Close Seasons. — Close seasons as prescribed by amendments of 1911 are: 
Deer, Jan. 1-Sept. 1. Partridge, wild turkey-, March ITj-Nov. 17>. Dove, 
March 1-Aug. 15. Woodcock, Jan. 15-Sept. 1. Willet, March 1-Nov. 1. Wood 
duck, March 1-Sept. 1. Grack^e, March 1-Oct. 1. 

Transportation. — Chap. 292, I.,aws 1910. — Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful to 
receive for shipment any of the game birds or game animals of this State, 
unless the package containing them sliall be labeled so as to show tlie con- 
signor and consignee, the number and names of the birds and animals, and 
that they are not shipped for sale, except wild duck, rail and rice birds. 

Limit. — Sec. 8. No person shall kill more than 25 partridges, or 25 doves, 
or 12 woodcock, or 2 wild turkey, during one day during the season, or more 
than 5 deer during any one season. 

Fxport. — Act of Feb. 19, 1907. — Sec. 4. No person shall transport beyond 
llie limits of this State any partridge, grouse, wild turkeys, snipe, wood- 
cock, or other game birds or game animals killed in this State. 

Mongolian Pheasant. — Sec. 7. Until the 1st day of January, 1912, it shall 
be unlawful to kill any Mongolian pheasant. 

Non-Resident License. — Act Feb. 25, 1908. — Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful 
for any non-resident of this State, except on his own land or on the land 

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under his control, or except when accompanied by a resident freeholder by 
special invitation for a special occasion, to kill any wild turkey, partridge, 
or (|uail, in any county of this State, without a license; and the clerk of 
court I'or each county is hereby authorized, upon the payment of a license 
fee of $2.5, to issue to any such non-resident a license to hunt in such 
county, which shall be g-ood for one year. [Act of 1907. — Sec. 9. Any per- 
son holding a hunter's license to hunt in South Carolina shall be permitted 
to take in his hand openly from the State fifty partridge, or twelve ruffed 
grouse, or four wild turkeys, or fifty beach birds, or fifty wild ducks and 
geese, or two deer in a season.] 



THE FEDERAL LAW. 

( I^inboflying' the l/Sioy Aot). 

Criminal t<»<lo ol" <lu> luitert StateiH <:« .Stat., 1088) in Ettet't Jauiinry 1, 1010. 

Sec. 241. Tlie importation into the United States, or any Territory or dis- 
trict thereof, of the mongoose, the so-called "flying-foxes" or fruit bats, 
the English sparrow, tlie starling, and such otlier birds and animals as the 
Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time declare to be injurious t(.) 
tlie interests of agriculture or horticulture, is hereby pa'ohibited; and all 
such birds and animals shall, upon arrival at any port of the United States, 
be destroyed or returned at the expense of the owner. No person shall 
import into the United States or into any Territory or district thereof, any 
foreign wild animal or bird, except under special permit from the Secre- 
tai-y of Agriculture: Provided, That nothing in this section shall restrict 
the importation of natural history specimens for museums or scientific col- 
lections, or of certain cage birds, such as domesticated canaries, parrots, or 
such other birds as the Secretary of Agriculture may designate. The Sec- 
retary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make regulations for cari-y- 
ing into effect the provisions of this section. 

Sec. 242. It sliall be unlawful for any person to deliver to any common 
carrier for transportation, or for any common carrier to transport from any 
State, Territory, or district of the United States, to any other State, Terri- 
tory, or district thereof, any foreign animals or birds, the importation of 
which is prohibited, or the dead bodies or parts thereof of any wild animals 
or birds, where such animals or birds have been killed or shipped in viola- 
tion of the laws of the State, Territory, or district in wliich the same were 
killed, or from which they were shipped: Provided, That nothing herein 
shall prevent the transportation of any dead birds or animals killed during 
the season when the same may be lawfully captured, and the export of 
which is not prohibited by law in the State, Territory, or district in which 
the same are captured or killed: Provided, further. That nothing herein 
shall prevent the importation, transportation, or sale of birds or bird 
plumage manufactured from the feathers of barnyard fowls. 

Sec. 243. All packages containing the dead bodies, or plumage, or parts 
thei-eof, of game animals, or game or other wild birds, when shipped in 
interstate or foreign commerce, shall be plainly and clearly marked, so 
that the name and address of the shipper, and the nature of the contents 
may be readily ascertained on an inspection of the outside of such package. 



Always consult the index on last white page 
rfacing inside back cover). 

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CANADA. 



ONTARIO. 

Hunting' IJcenine. — See. 10. No pei'.soii not a British subj(Ht and no iierson 
not residing- and domiciled in tlie Province of Ontario sliall kill any game, 
or carry or use any gun or rifle in the Province for hunting- purposes, ex- 
cept under the authority of a license. [Fee for hunting- moose, deer, cari- 
bou and all other kinds of game $.'iO. For hunting ducks and all other 
small game $2.5.] 

.'<uni1ny. — Sec. 13. No pei-son shall, on tlie I^ord's Day, hunt or kill .-my 
game or use any gun for that luirposc. 

Deer. Moose, C'nrilioii. — Sec. 14. (1) No person shall kill any deer, moose 
leindeer or caribou, except under the authority of a license. (2) No person 
shall kill or take any cow moose, oi- moose, reindeer or caribo\i uiuler the 
ag-e of one year. (.3) No person shall duiing any one year or season kill 
or take more tlian one deer, one bull moose or one bull reindeei- or cariliou. 
I But two or more peisons hunting together may kill an aggregate of not 
more than one deer for each member of the party.] 

Open SeiiNoii.«4, All Dsites InclnMive. — Sec. 11. (1) No person may hunt, take, 
kill or destroy; 

(a) Any deer, except between the 1st day of November and tlie l.'ith day 
of November. 

(b) Any moose, reindeer, or caribou in that part of Ont.'irio lying to the 
south of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the town of 
Mattawa to the Manitoba boundary, except between the 1st day of Novem- 
ber and the ISth day of November. 

(c) Any moose, reindeer, oi' caribou throughout that part of the Province 
lying to the north of the said main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway 
from Mattawa to the Manitoba boundary, except between the Ifith day of 
October and the 1.5th day of No\'em)>er. 

(d) Any grouse, pheasants, prairie fowl or partridge, except from the 
l.">th day of October to the 15th day of November. 

(dd) Any woodcock, except from the 1st day of October to the 15th day of 
November. 

(e) Any quail or wild turkeys, black and gray squirrels, except from the 
15th day of November to the 1st day of December. 

(f) An5' swans or geese except from the 15th day of September to the 
15th day of April in the following- year. 

(g-) Duck of all kinds or any other water fowl except from the 15th 
da.v of September to the 15th day of December. 

(h) Snipe, rail, plover or any other birds known as shore birds or waders, 
except from the 15th day of September to the 15th day of December. 

(i) Capercailzie, except from the 15th day of September to the 15th day of 
Decemlier, but no capercailzie to be killed before the 15th day of September. 
1915. 

( .j ) Hares, except from the 1st day of October to the 15th day of December. 

AVater Fov»-l. — Sec. 15. (1) No wild ducks, geese or other water fowl 
shall be hunted, taken or killed from sail boats, yachts or launches pro- 
pelled by steam or other power. (2) No swivel gun, or guns of any kind 
of a larger bore or gauge than S, and none of the contrivances which are 
known as sunken punts or Ijatteries, shall be used at any time. (3) No 
Minds or decoys for use in hunting duck or other water fowl shall be 
jilaced at a greater distance than two liundred yards from the shore or a 
natural rush bed thick enough to conceal a boat, or water line bounding 
lU'ivate property, and all decoys shall be removed from the watei- during 
I)rohil)itPd hours for shooting. 

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Xlgrht. — Sec. 17. No person shall discharge any gun or other firearm at 
any g-ame between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before 
sunrise, according to the times g-iven for sunset and sunrise in the publica- 
tion known as the Canadian Almanac. 

PoN!4eN,*iiou. — (a) Game lawfully killed or procured may be kept during- 
the period between the end of the open season in anj- year and the 16th 
day of January in the following year. 

Kxport. — Sec. 4.'). (1) Any non-resident who may at any time be en- 
titled to hunt within the Province by virtue of a license under this act, 
shall be at liberty to export out of the Province in any one open season 
g-ame actually and lawfully killed by him, as follows: One deer, one liull 
moose, reindeer oi- caribou, 100 duck; l)Ut a shipping coupon attached to 
such license shall be attached to every such deer and to every receptacle con- 
taining such other game. (2) Except as aforesaid, no person shall at any 
time export from the Province any game. 

Aiitoinatio Guns. — Sec. 21. No gun of the description known as "auto- 
matic" in which the recoil is utilized to reload the gun. shall be used in 
this Province in the killing of game. [Does not apply to rifles.] 

ONTARIO FISHING REGULATIONS. 

Piokerel. — General Fisliery Regulations, July 18, 1880. — Sec. 1. No one 
shall catch any pickerel (dore) between the 1.5tli day of April and the l.'ith 
day of May, both days inclusive. 

Ma.skiuoui^'e. — Sec. 2. No one shall catch any maskinonge between the 
IDth day of April and the 15th day of June, both days inclusive. 

AVIiitefisli. Saliiion-Troiit. — Sec. 3. No one shall catch any whitefish or 
salmon-trout between the Ist and 30th days of November, both days in- 
clusive. 

Speckled Trout. — Sec. 4. No one shall catch any speckled trout between 
the li'th day of September and the 30th day of April, both days inclusive. 

BasM. — Order in Council, May 13, 1893.- — Sec. 2. The close season for bass 
in the Pi-ovince of Ontario and Quebec shall be from the 15th day of Api-il 
to the 15th day of June, both days inclusive, in each and every year. [In 
I>ake Erie, west of Point Pelee, the close season is May 25 to July 15.] 

Lawful Catch and Size. — Order in Council, Sept. 12, 1907, forbids to take 
in one day, of black bass more than 8 (none under 10 inches), of 
maskinonge 4 (none under 24 inches), of pickerel (dor6), 12 (none under 
15 inches), of speckled trout or brook trout a greater number than 30, or 
a greater aggregate weight than 10 pounds (none under 6 inches). 

UceuHes. — Sec. 51. (2) Licenses may be issued authorizing non-residents 
of the Province of Ontario to angle in the waters of the said Province. The 
fee for such angling license shall be for an individual the sum of $2. [Fee for 
non-residents fishing from their own boats $5 per rod.] 

Export of Black Bass, Maskiuonge aud Speckle<l Trout is forbidden, ex- 
cept that non-resident licensed angler may take with him out of the 
Province the lawful catch of two days' fishing. 

Nepig'on. — Sec. 51. 1 — No one shall fish in the waters of Lake Nepigon 
in the District of Thunder Bay, in the River Nepigon in the same district, 
nor in any tributaries of the said lake or river, without first having ol>- 
tained a permit or license from the Commissioner of Fisheries through th^ 
local overseer at Nepigon. 2 — (a) One license only may be issued to any 
applicant, and shall not be for a longer period than four weeks from the 
date of issue, (b) The fee for such license shall be $15 for a period of 
two weeks or less. $20 for three weeks and $25 for four weeks, where the 
applicant is not a permanent resident of Canada; and $5 for two weeks and 
$10 for four weeks where the applicant is a permanent lesideiit of Canada. 

For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

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QUEBEC. 

Open .Seasons. — Hare, Dec. 1 to Feb. 1. Bear, Aug. 20 to July 1. Mus.k- 
rat, April 1 to May 1. Woodcock, snipe, plover, curlew, tattler or sand- 
piper, Sept. 1 to Feb. 1. Birch or spruce partridg-e, Sept. 1 to Dec. 15. 
Widgeon, teal, wild duck of any kind, except sheldrake, loons, gulls, Sept. 
1 to March 1. 

Moose, Caribou, Deer. — 1396. It is forbidden: 1. To kill deer and moose 
betwen the 1st day of January and the 1st day of September of any year, 
except in the counties of Ottawa and Pontiac, where it is forbidden to kill 
them between the 1st day of December of nny year and the 1st day of 
October of the following year; 

2. To kill caribou between the 1st day of February and the 1st day of 
September; 

3. To ma.ke use of dogs for hunting moose, caribou and deer; but red 
deer may be so hunted, between the 20th of October and the 1st of No- 
vember; 

•5. [To take fawn, moose, deer or caribou] ; 

6. To hunt, kill or take, at any time, any cow-moose. 

Transitortatiou. — 1397. After the first fifteen days of the c'.ose season, 
public carriers are forbidden to carry any moose, caribou or deer, the whole 
or any part of the flesh. It is lawful for the Commissioner, at any time, 
to grant transport permits. 

Number. — 1398. No person shall, in one season's hunting, kill or take 
alive more than one moose, two deer and two caribou. 

Bore of Gun. — 1403. It is forbidden, in hunting any of the birds men- 
tioned in articles 1400 and 1401f to make use of any firearm of a caliber 
greater than S. 

Licenses. — [Non-residents must hold hunting license.] Regulation 2d 
April, 1906. — For persons not domiciled in the Province of Quebec and who 
are not active members of a club duly incorporated in the Province, $25. Per- 
sons not domiciled in the Province who are active members of fish and 
game clubs duly incorporated and who wish to hunt in the territory leased 
to the club to which they belong, shall pay only $10. Nevertheless, if such 
members wish to hunt outside the club territory, the fee for the license 
shall be $25, as in the case of any other non-resident. 
Export of Game. — [See "Canadian Game Export" in index facing back cover.] 

Fisbins:; Open Season.s. — Salmon, fly-fishing, Feb. 1 to Aug. 15. Salmon 
trout, Dec. 1 to Oct. 31. Ouananiche, Dec. 1 to Sept. 30. Speckled trout 
(Sal. fontinalis), May 1 to Sept. 30; fishing through the ice prohibited. 
Gray trout (lunge) touladi (lake trout), Dec. 2 to Oct. 14. Bass (not in- 
cluding sea bass or barfish), June 16 to April 14. Dor6, May 16 to April 14. 
Smelts, July 2 to March 31. Sturgeon, July 16 to May 14. White fish, Dec. 
1 to Oct. 31. 

JVon-Resident Anglers. — Revised Statutes, Art. 1378. — 2. Persons having 
their domicile in the Province of Quebec do not require licenses to angle. 
3. Any person not having his domicile in the Province of Quebec must, be- 
fore beginning to fish, procuie a license to that effect from the Commis- 
sioner. Regulation 2d April. 1906. — Every person not domiciled in the 
Province of Quebec, ■whether he be or be not a member of a club which is 
the lessee of a salmon river, shall pay $25 for the privilege of fishing for 
salmon in the Province. For fishing for any other kinds of fish, every non- 
resident shall, if he does not belong to an incorporated club, pay $10. If he 
be an active member of a duly incorporated club which is the lessee of a 
fishing territory, he shall pay $5 for fishing within the limits of the terri- 
tory leased to the club to which he belongs. Nevertheless, if such member 
wishes to fish outside the club territory, the fee for such a licnse shall be 
$10, as in the case of any other non-resident. 

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NEW BRUNSWICK. 

Game Sea.oas.-The Game Act [as amended 1911].-Sec. 3. Evei-y one is 
suilty of an offense and liable to the penalty hereinafter provided who, 
between the dates hereinafter in each case specified, exclusive of each date 
named in any part (unless otherwise provided) of this Province: (1) Hunts. 
"aTes hurts, injuries, traps, snares, shoots, wounds, kills or destroys- 

(a)' \ny moose or caribou between the 30th day of November, in any 
year and the 15th day of September then next lollowmg-. 

?b) Any deer in any part of the Province between the dates last men- 

*'Tdf ' Any partridge between the 30th day of November and the 15th day 
of September following'. , ,, , 

(e) Any wild goose, brant, teal, wood duck, dusky duck, commonly ca led 
black duck (except as otherwise provided in Section 8) between the 31st 
day of December and the 15th day of September following. 

(f) Any woodcock between the 30th day of November and the 15th daj 

°^|T'lC^shorro""ther birds, on. or along, the beaches, islands or 
lagoins bordering the tidal waters of the counties along Northumberland 
StraU the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the Bay of Chaleur between the 
31st day of December and the 15th day of August. .,^ i ,.i. ..,• 

(h) 4ny wild duck, wood duck, teal duck, or other kind of wild duck, oi 
any snip^ wTld goose, or other wild fowl after sunset and before sunrse. 
any Ume bltween the 1st day of September and the 1st day of December 
in any year! i^ or upon certain marsh lands in the Parish of Shediac, in the 

'°Sec%°' ^::ToT:t guHty of an offense who kills any cow moose or 
cow caribou or any calf moose or calf caribou until it is at least three years 
ol^and has at least three points or tines not less than four inches on each 

^°Sec 5 Every one is guilty of an offense who has in possession the car- 
casJof any moose, caribou or deer through the use of any artiflcial ght 
or lights Ly wild goose, brant, teal, wood duck, dusky duck, black duck 
bv me"ns of aiTy punt gun or swivel gun or artificial light or lights; any 
moo'e caribou or deer through the means of any dog. [Use of automatic 
Sm for killing game forbidden. Use of motor boat for duck shooting f oi - 
bidden Forbidd^en to take firearms into moose or caribou oountr.- between 
NOV. 30 and Sept. 15 following, without permit from game warden. Fo, 
bidden to export partridge.] 

Hunting Lieense.-Sec. 7. Every one is guilty of an offense who kills 
anv moos!, caribou or deer without a license, or more than two deer^ Be- 
i, g "non-resident, hunts any partridge, snipe, --^^^-f^^r f\"\^^"i^,tie on 

-'"T\ v^jrr^^r ^^s;::^ Sn:^.^^":r^o::nS:n:;, 

:;r Tn n aMen'ma'; iss\:e licrns'es. Fee for "--effent license to kill one 
bull moose, one bull caribou, two deer, .$50; to kill two deer, $10. Fee foi 
resident license to kill moose, caribou and deer, $2. 

Non-Re.ident Mu.t Have Gul.,e.-Chap. 27 ^--^"«f-/;J,;^,,,e kiUin: 
resident shall enter upon any woods, forests or .^^^^ ^^^^f /,°^^ ' !" f^'^e^ed 
of any moose, caribou or deer, without being in charge of a 'egi^tere 
guide, a"d no registered guide shall at the same time guide more than two 
persons. ,, ■„:„„ 

i^.-....rt Sec 49 The Surveyor General may issue licenses authorizing 
thfexroi'^tlon from^he Province, or the transportation within the Province 
af any game, whether alive or dead. 

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Fish. — Sec. 7. Salmon shall not be killed between the 15th day of August 
and the 1st day of March ensuing; providing always, that it shall be law- 
ful to kill salmon with a rod and line in the manner known as fly-surface 
fishing, betwen the 1st day of February and the 15th day of August. In 
non-tidal waters frequented by salmon no one shall fish for, catch or kill 
salmon, or any other fish, between 9 o'clock In the evening of Saturday 
and 6 o'clock on Monday morning. Sec. 11. No person shall catch any 
speckled trout, lake trout or landlocked salmon between the 15th day of 
September and the 1st day of May in each year, both days inclusive. [See 
"Angling Permits," last page index.] 



NOVA SCOTIA. 

Game Act o£ lOOS, as Amended 11(09. 

Moose, Caribou, Deer. — Sec. 3, as amended 1909, makes the open season 
for bull moose, Sept. 16 to Nov. 16. Cow moose protected to 1912. Calf 
moose under one year protected always. Moose protected on Island of Cape 
Breton to 1915. Caribou and deer are protected to 1912. Use of dogs 
forbidden. 

Hare protected from Feb. 1 to Nov. 1. 

Birds. — Sec. 19. No person shall kill (a) any ruffed grouse (commonly 
called birch partridge) except between the 1st day of October and the 1st 
day of November following; (b) any pheasant, black cock, capercailzie, 
Canada grouse (commonly called spruce partridge), or chucker partridge at 
any time; (c) any ptarmigan, sharp-tailed grouse, woodcock, snipe, curlew, 
plover, teal, blue-winged ducks, quail, wood ducks, heron, bittern, yellow 
legs, sandpiper, black birds and all waders, between the 1st day of March 
and the 1st day of September. [In Cumberland county, blue-winged ducks 
protected. May 1 to Sept. 1.] Sec. 20. No person shall in one day kill more 
than five ruffed grouse, nor more than fifteen woodcock. 

[I,ieeiises. — Sec. 31. The Provincial Secretary or any commissioner or 
warden may issue licenses, authorizing a non-resident to kill game, fee, $30; 
a resident to kill woodcock and snipe outside the county in which he re- 
sides, fee $5; a registered guide fee, .$2. Non-resident forbidden to hunt, or 
to carry any gun or other firearm into the w^oods without first having ob- 
tained a license. Every non-resident member of a hunting party must take 
out a license, whether or not he hunts game.] 

Export forbidden except that the holder of a non-resident license may 
take out the head, skin and remainder of carcass of one moose shot by 
himself. 

Salmon. — Close season from Aug. 15 to March 1, except that salmon may 
be fished with fly from Feb. 1 to Aug. 15. From low water nearest 6 o'clock 
P. M. of every Saturday, to low water nearest 6 A. M. of following Monday, 
no one shall fish for salmon in tidal waters. In non-tidal waters frequented 
I)y salmon, no one shall fish for any kind of fish between 9 P. M. of Satur- 
day and 6 A. M. of Monday. Close season in Cape Breton from Aug. 31 to 
Feb. 1. 

Trout. Etc. — Unlawful to fish for or to have in possession any speckled 
trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), lake trout, or land-locked salmon, between 
Oct. 1 and April 1. Unlawful to export trout, except that person holding a 
permit may ship not more than twenty-five pounds. 

Bass may be fished for at all times by angling with hook and line. 

Koreisners. — No person not a British subject shall fish in Canadian 
waters for bass, pike, perch or trout, without an angler's permit. Permit, 
$5 for three months, $10 for six months. No person holding a permit shall 
kill in one day more than twelve bass, pike, or perch, or twenty trout. [See 
also "Angler's Permits" in index.] 

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MANITOBA. 

Game Protection Aft, C'liaiiter ««, R. S. iM.. 1!>02. Aiiieiuled 1JI0!>. 

Siiuday. — Sec. 2. No person shall on Sunday kill or capture any of the 
animals or birds mentioned in this act. 

Big- Game. — Sec. 3. No person shall kill any deer, cabri or antelope, elk 
or wapiti, moose, reindeer or caribou, between the 15th day of December 
and the 1st day of December of the following year; and no person shall 
during- any one year kill more than one of any of such animals, (a) No 
person shall .kill any of the animals mentioned without a permit from the 
Minister of Agriculture and Immigration, paying a fee of $2 therefor. Sec. 
4. No person shall kill the fawns of any deer, cabri or antelope, elk or 
wapiti, moose, reindeer or caribou. 

Bift- Game Protected. — [Amendment of 1907 protects always bison, buffalo, 
and female deer, cabri or antelope, elk or wapiti, moose, reindeer or cari- 
bou.] 

Bird.s. — Sec. 7. Except as in this act otherwise provided, no person 
shall hunt (a) any grouse of any variety, prairie chicken or partridge, be- 
tween the 20th day of October and the 1st day of October of the following- 
year; and no pheasant at any time before the 1st day of October, A.D., 
1920. (b) Any plover (otlier than upland plover), quail, woodcock, snipe 
or sandpiper, between the 1st day of January and the 1st day of August, 
or any upland plover between the 1st day of January and the 1st day of 
July; or (c) ducks of any kind between the 1st day of December and the 
1st day of September of the following year; and no one shall kill or take 
more than twenty ducks in any one day before the 1st of October or more 
than fifty ducks in any one day afterward, (e) No person who is an actual 
resident of any city, town or incorporated village in this Province shall 
hunt any birds without an annual permit for which a fee of $1 shall be paid 
to the Department of Agriculture. Sec. 9. No person shall, during any 
one year kill more, in all. than 100 of the birds mentioned in sub-section 
(a) of Section 7, nor more than twenty of such birds In any one day. 

Nig-lif. — Sec. 12. No person shall kill any of the animals or birds men- 
tioned In the 3d and 7th Sections between one hour after sunset and one 
hour before sunrise. 

AVildfoY»-liug- Metlioditi. — Sec. 14. None of the contrivances for taking 
swans, geese or ducks, or any of the birds mentioned in sub-section (a) of 
Section 7, which contrivances are described or known as batteries, swivel 
guns, automatic guns, sunken punts or night lights, shall be used. 

Pos.sessiou in Close Season. — Sec. 17. No person shall have in his pos- 
session any of the animals or birds mentioned in this act during the period 
in which the same is protected, subject, however, to the following excep- 
tions: Animals or birds, other than those mentione'd in svib-section (a) of 
tlie 7th Section, in possession of any person for private use as a food for 
liimself and family; the birds mentioned in sub-section (a) of the 7th Sec- 
tion, during the first forty-five days of each close season; ducks of all kinds 
during the first three months of each close season. 

Export. — Sec. 22. The Minister of Agriculture and Immigration may at 
his discretion, issue permits for export. No person shall at any time export 
any of the animals or birds, except by virtue of a permit; and no such per- 
mit shall be issued allowing the export of more than one hundred geese 
or swans and fifty ducks, or for the export of any grouse or any variety 
of prairie chicken or partridge. 

Non-Residents. — Sec. 23. No person not a resident of and actually domi- 
ciled in the Province of Manitoba shall be entitled to kill any animal or 
bird without a license from the Minister of Agriciilture and Immigration, 
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for which license a fee of $50 shall be payable, except such person be a 
British subject, in which case the license fee shall be $10. 

Fish. — General Fishery Regulations, July, 1S89. — Sec 1. No one shall catch 
any pickerel (dore) between the 15th day of April and the 15th day of May, 
both days inclusive. Sec. 4. No one shall catch any speckled trout be- 
tween the 1st day of October and the 1st day of January in each year. 



ALBERTA. 

As Amended 1911. 
Close Seasons. — Buffalo, elk, wapiti, always. Mountain sheep (two males 
only), mountain goat (two only), Oct. 14 to Sept. 1. Antelope (two males 
only), Nov. 1 to Oct. 1. Deer, moose (one male only), caribou (one only), 
Dec. 14 to Nov. 1. Duck, swan, Jan. 1 to Aug. 25. Cranes, rails, coots, snipe, 
plover, Jan. 1 to Sept. 1. Prairie chicken, partridge (ten per day, 100 per 
season), Nov. 1 to Oct. 1. Hungarian partridge, always. Mink, fisher, 
marten, April 1 to Nov. 1. Otter, muskrat. May 1 to Nov. 1. Beaver always. 
Licenses: Non-resident, general game, $25; birds, $5. Resident, big game, 
$2.50; birds, $1.25. 



PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 

Close Seasons. — As prescribed by Chap. 26, Laws 1906, are for: Partridge, 
Dec. 1 to Oct. 1. Teal, black or blue-winged duck, yellowlegs, Jan. 1 to 
Aug. 20. Woodcock, snipe, Jan. 1 to Sept. 1. Curlew, plover, Jan. 1 to 
July 15. Wild goose. May 10 to Sept. 15. Brant, June 10 to Oct. 1. Sliore 
or other birds on the beaches, shores or marshes bordering on tidal waters, 
Jan. 1 to Aug. 20. Hare, rabbit, March 1 to Sept. 1. Marten, otter, April 1 
to Nov. 1. Export (except of wild goose and brant) forbidden. Forbidden 
to shoot wildfowl between one hour after sunset and one hour before sun- 
rise; to use a rifle for fowl shooting; to shoot woodcock or snipe between 
sunset and sunrise. Non-resident must have license, fee $15 for shooting, 
$2 for angling; procured from the Provincial Secretary. 



SASKATCHEWAN. 

Close Seasons Chap. 29, Ordinance 1903, as amended April 3, 1907. — 

Sec. 4. No person shall kill any bison or buffalo at any time; any prong- 
horn antelope between the 15th day of November and the 1st day of 
October following; any of the deer family whether known as caribou, 
moose, elk, wapiti, deer or otherwise between the 15th day of December 
and the 1st day of December following (and in no case shall a person .kill 
more than two of such animals in a season) ; any female of the deer family 
or the young under one year of age of any of the animals mentioned in 
this section. 

Sec. 5. No person shall kill any ducks, geese and swans between the 
1st day of January and the 1st day of September; ci-anes, between the 
1st day of January and the 1st day of August; rails or coots, between the 
1st day of January and the 1st day of September; shore birds, including 
snipe, sandpiper, plover and curlew between the 1st day of January and 
the 1st day of September; grouse, partridge, pheasant, ptarmigan and 
prairie chicken between the 1st day of December and the 15th day of 
September following. No English pheasant shall be killed at any time; nor 
shall more than ten birds of the family Gallinse be killed by one person in 
any one day, nor more than 100 in a season. 

Muskrat and Beaver protected from Nov. 1 to April 1. 

Non-Resident license fee $100 foi- general license, $50 for bird license. 

Pish. — See Manitoba. 
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NEWFOUNDLAND. 

Tlie PrcMervntion of Deer Act, 1!I02, a.<4 iiiiieiiileil lOOi). 

>l<i<iM«'. 101k. — Sec. /). No person shall kill any moose or elk at an.\- time 
Itelore tile 1st day (.T January, 11112. 

<':iril»«n.-- Sec. (1. No pefson shall kill an>' eaiabou I'lom llie 1st day of 
Februaj-y to the :'.lsl da.\- ui' July, both days inclusive, or from the 1st day 
of October to the i^dtli da\- (if October, both days inclusive. Sei'. 7. No 
l)efson (ithiT ili.in a lircnscc undei' this act, shall during the time by this 
act alliiwcd I'nr liilliuA; e.irilxui. kill or take more than two staj? and one 
doc caribou in any one .vear. 

liicoii.NON. — Sec. 1(1. No peisun not actuall.\' domiciled in this colony sliall 
kill any caribou witliout having a license. Sec. 11. Licenses sha'l be issued 
by a Stipendiary Magistrate, a Justice of the Peace, or the Minister, or Deputy 
Minister of Marine and Fisheries. [Fees $51. Entitles holder to kill not 
more tlian tliree stags. Guides must be licensed (non-resident fee $50). 
No pcison licensed to hunt shall em))loy a non-licensed guid<>. laborei' or 
beaier in a liunliiiK expedition.] 

lO.viiorl. — Sec. 11). Save as provitk'd in this act. no person shall export the 
antlers, heads, or skin of any caribou. Sec. 21. Any person holding a license 
may export the carcasses, antlers, head or any part of any caribou, upon 
entering the same ,it the Customs House for exportation. Sec. 22. No 
pei-soa holding a license shall export the carcasses, heads or antlers, of 
more than tlii'ee stag" caribou. 

>!«mI«>.s <iI' lliiiitiii;t'. — Sec. 2t;. .\]\y person who shall hereal'tcr hunt any 
i-;iiiliou Willi (io,L',s, or with li.Mtcliet. tomahawk, spear. in;icliiiie. contrivance 
or wi'aiioii, other than lirci inis lo.ided with ball or liulli'l; or while swim- 
ming or ci'ossing aii.\' iiond. Like. sti'e;im. rix'ci- or wa 1 ercoui-se. shall he 
liable to a line. 

llii'<lN, llurcM. — Kcgiilations li.\- .Administrator in Council. I'.lO'.t; Sec. 1. No 
person slial' kill an\ ptarmigan or willow grouse, i-onHnonl>- called iwirt- 
rid^;e. noi' any inirlew. plovei-. snipi'. oi' other wild or migralor\- birds (ex- 
re|il wild geese); noi- shall shoot any wild rabbit or liare between the l.'itli 
da>' ol December ;ind the :iOth day of Septembei' succeeding. 

I (':i|i(>r«'3iily.ic proU'eted to llMT.j 

S:iliii<tii, 'Trout. hashing Regulations 1901. — Sec. 7*i. No person shall take 
an.\ salmon or trout in an.v river. l)rook, stream, pond or lake in Nevv- 
loundland. hiiween the l.'th day of September and the 15th day of Januai'.v. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA. 

0|M'ii S«>:i.soiis. — Deer, goat, Sept. 1-Dec. 15. Bull elk or wapiti. buM moose, 
bull caribou, hare. Sept. 1-Jan. ]. Male mountain slieep. Sept. 1-Nov. 15. 
Hear, Seid. l-,lul.\ 1 :.. Grouse, ptarmigan, duck, Sept. 15-Nov. 30. Plover, 
bittern, meadow lark, Sept. l-Maridi 1. Non-i'csident license foi- all game 
%]()(). for bii-ds only $50, for bear only $25. Meads, horns and skins may 
be exported b>- licensee. 

l>'i.sli. -.\el l'\'b. Ill, 1904. — Sec. 5. It shall be unlawliil to lake any trout 
of an,\- species under six inches in length; and it shall be unlawful to take 
aii,\ trout of an.\- si)ecies, except steelhead trout ^Salmo gairdneri). between 
the 15th (la,\- of November and the 25th of March following; and it sh.ill be 
unlawful to kill any steelliead ti-out above tidewater between the l.Mh d.i.\ 
of November and the 25th da\- of March following. 

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CANADIAN GAME EXPORT. 

The exportation of wild turliey.s, quail, parlridjj;e, prairie fowl and wood- 
cock, in the carcass or part.s thereof, is prohibited by the Canadian tariff act. 

By Custom.s Department Memorandum No. 1063 B, dated Aug-. 16, 1899, 
deer killed by sportsmen may be exported under the following' conditions, 
the term deer comprising: deer, caribou and moose: 

The deer may be exported at the cu.stoms ports of Halifax, Yarmouth, 
Macadam Junction, Quebec, Montreal. Ottawa, Kingston, Niagara Falls, 
Fort Brie, Windsor, Sault Ste. Marie. I'orl .\rtliiii- ;iii(l such other ports as 
shall from time to time by the Miiiislci- <<l' ('usldnis he desis'nated for the 
export of deer. 

The exportation of deer in the raicass or i)ar(s (hereof (except as to 
cured deer heads tmd hides ol' tleer) sh.iU lie p<Minille(l onl.N' during' or 
within fifteen days after the open season. 

No person shall in one year export more than the whole or parts of two 
deer, nor shall exportation of such deer be made by the same person on 
more than two occasions during' one calendar year. A non-resident ex- 
porter must show his license to the collector of customs. 



CANADIAN TROUT EXPORT. 

Onlcr ill Coiiiwil, ^liiy i:t, I'.MM. 

No one shall recei\'e, ship, tr.i nspoi'l m- lia\e in i)c)SSPSsion for the purpose 
of shipping' or transporting' (lul ol ihe !»oniiiiioii ol' Canada, any speckled 
trout, i-iver trout or sea trout, taken or caught in the Provinces of Ontario, 
Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia aiul Prince iOdwai-d Island; Provided: 

(a) Any person may so ship such ti'out caug^ht b>' liini I'oi- si>ort, to the 
extent of 25 pounds in weig-ht. if tlie sliipment is accompanied by a cer- 
tificate to that effect from eitln r tln' local fishery officer in whose district 
the flsh were caug'ht or from the local station agent adjacent to the locality 
in which they were caug'ht, or is accompanied by a copy of the official 
license or permit issued to the person making' the shipment. 

(b) No sing'le package of such trout shall exceed 2.') pounds in weight, 
nor shall any person be permitted to ship more than one package during 
the season. 

CANADIAN DUTY ON SPORTSMEN'S OUTFITS. 

Meiiifirsiiiflum. — .No. 923 B. — Customs Department, Ottawa. 1st .lul.y, 1897. — 
Persons ^■isiting Canada for a limited period of time, foi- liealtli or pleasure, 
may bring with them such guns, fishing rods, canoes, tents, camp equipment, 
cooking utensils, musical instruments, koda.ks, etc., as they require while In 
Canada for their own use and not for gain or hire, upon reporting same to 
the Customs Officer at the port of entry and depositing with him a sum of 
money equal to the duty on such articles, subject to a refund, of such sum, 
provided the articles are exported within six months from time of entry, 
and repoi'ted outward and identified at the customs i>orl whei-e i-eported 
inward, or at another i)ort. [The duty is 30 per cent, of the ajipiaised 
value.] 

Members of shooting and fishing (■]nl)s owning pi-eserves in Canada are 
permitted to take their equipment Into the Dominion without payment of 
duty or deposit of bond, upon presentation of their club membership certifi- 
cate if the club has filed a guarantee with the Commissioner of Customs; 
Provided, liowever. That duty shall l)e i)aid on ammunition and provisions 
brought in. 

For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

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ANGLERS' PERMITS IN INLAND WATERS OF CANADA. 

Order iu Couuoil, Adoptecl June 30, 1894. 

1. No person, other than a British subject, shall angle for, fish or take 
any bass, maskinong-e, pike-perch (pickere') or trout, in Canadian waters. 
without having- first obtained therefor an angler's permit, issued by the 
local fishery officer in each district. 

[Fee $2 for an individual, $5 for a family. Fee for non-re.sidents fishing 
from their own boats, $5 per rod.] 

3. One angler's permit only shall be issued to each applicant. 

4. No person shall use, 'under an angler's permit, more than one fishing 
line, provided with not more than three hooks. 

.5. No person shall, under an angler's permit, take, catch or kill in one 
day, more than 12 bass or pike-perch (pickere'). 20 trout, or 4 maskinonge. 

(>. No bass or pike-perch (pickere4) shall be retained or kept out of the 
water, which shall measure less than 10 inches in length, and no trout shall 
be retained or kept out of the water under 6 inches in length. 

7. No person holding an angler's permit shall export any fish. 

10. Foreigners, when temporarily domiciled in Canada, and employing 
Canadian boats and boatmen, shall be exempt from the Regulations requir- 
ing permits. 



YUKON TERRITORY. 

Close Seasons. — Consolidated ordinances 1902, as amended 1906. — 
Buffalo, bison, protected always. Musk ox, elk or wapiti, moose, caribou, deer, 
mountain sheep, mountain goats, protected March 1 to Sept. 1. Grouse, 
ptarmigan, pheasants, prairie chickens, March 1.5 to Sept. 1. Swans, ducks, 
geese, snipe, sandpipers, cranes, June 1 to Sept. 1. Lawful bag in one sea- 
son 2 elk or wapiti, 6 moose. 2 musk oxen, 6 deer. Meat of killed game 
must be used for food. Non-resident must procure license for hunting big 
game, fee $100. Big game protected at all times by Order-in-Council, 190S. 




For any changes in the laws see index facing back cover. See note page 3. 

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on friction in any way to prevent either balking or doubling. 
4. Can be fired all rights or all lefts. 5. When shooting 
doubles can be fired right first, left second, or left first, right 
second. 6. The movement of the triggers after the release 
from the first pull is only 1-32 of an inch. 7. The trigger 
and firing plate are always in contact with the sear when ready 
for firing so there is no lost motion whatever when the finger 
touches the trigger. 8. The safety blocks are independent of 
the trigger mechanism and act direct over the sear tails in such 
a manner as to positively prevent doubling. They also block 
the sears in such a manner that they cannot be jarred off by 
striking the butt of the gun heavily on the floor. 9. The trigger 
can be placed in either the forward or rear position or midway 
between the two (which is a favorite position). 10. So com- 
pact and simple it does not necessitate cutting away or removing 
any more of the wood of the stock than our regular two trigger 
guns, so the stock is in no manner weakened by installing the 
single trigger feature. 

Send for complete descriptive catalogue 



LEFEVER ARMS CO. 



Syracuse, N. Y. 



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'Mt^m SHELLS 



WIN THE 



GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. JUNE 22, 1911 

By a Record Score, 99 out of 100 from 20 



Yards 



Mr. Harvey Dixon, of Oronogo, Mo., handicapped on the 20-yard line and shooting PETERS 
Factory Loaded Shells, regular 2^^ in. length, purchased by him horn the Columbus Gun Club, 
won the most coveted honor in the trap-shooting world, together with the Inter-State Associa- 
tion Trophy and the $1 ,000.00 purse. The score of 99 from 20 yards in the Grand American 
Handicap has never been equaled, and it is the more remarkable because of the fact that the 
competition was keener than ever before, owing to the $1,000.00 first money. Scores made in 
the G. A. H. Tournament with PETERS Shells include: 

HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE 
FOR ALL SINGLE TARGETS. 

( 100—16 yds. 
Won by J. A. PRECHTEL. 479 ex 500 - ] 200—17 yds. 

(200-18 yds. 

FIRST DAY'S AVERAGES. 

2d Amateur ... - H.DIXON,. - . 99 ex 100 

2d Professional (tie) - - W.HENDERSON, 99 ex 100 

3d " '• - - J. S. DAY, ... 98 ex 100 

4th " " - - WALTER HUFF, - 97 ex 100 





2d (rie) 



1st Place 
2d " 
3d " 



DOUBLE TARGET CHAMPIONSHIP. 

- - - J. S. DAY, 88 ex 100 

GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. 

- - - HARVEY DIXON, - - 99 ex 100 

(tie) - - A. J. HILL, 98 ex 100 

" - - BART LEWIS, - - - - 97 ex 100 



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4th Place (tie) \ ^- MADISON. J. A. PAYNE, 

^th riace «ie; | j ^ pRECHTEL, C. E. GOODRICH 

^.k PI h- X j H. N. SMITH, NEAF APGAR, ) 

5tti Mace uie) ^ ^ HENDERSON. H. D. FREEMAN, f 

PRELIMINARY HANDICAP. 

4th Place (tie) J. A. PRECHTEL, ........ 

5th Place (tie) MARK ARIE, LON FISHER, - - - 



- 96 ex 100 

- 95 ex 100 



96 ex 100 
95 ex 100 



A^k PI f,- ^ U- L. ENGLERT, Dr. J. D. PARKER, ) „ . ,^ 

otht-iace ttiej -^ ^^ WEBSTER, E. HAMMERSCHMIDT, \ ^^ ^"^ '"^ 

The above scores were made with 7 different makes of Runs, of which 3 were double-barrel breech 
loaders; 2 were single-barrel breech loaders and two were repeaters. YOU can get results with 
PETERS SHELLS, no matter what gun you use — no special combination necessary. 

THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY - - Cincinnati, Ohio 

NEW ORLEANS: 321 Magazine St. 
E. F. Leckert, Mgr. 



NEW YORK: 98 Chambers St. 
T. H. Keller, Mgr. 



SAN FRANCISCO: 608-612 Howard St. 
J. S. French, Mgr. 



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IN ptNEirrrrr c,*:.t. 



From Forest ana Stream. 



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DUPONT SMOKELESS SPORTING POWDERS 

ARE CHEMICALLY PURE AND WILL NOT PIT THE GUN BARRELS 

THE experience of more than a century in the manufacture of Sporting Powders of the 
highest quaUty, fits this Company, not only to produce powders of unquestionable merit, 
but also enables it to point out characteristics of each brand, a knowledge of which will 
be found valuable when purchasing loaded shot shells or powder in bulk for your own loading. 

RALLISTITF 

m^ A PERFECT ka 
DENSE' SMOKELESS POWDEII 

Moderate recoil; Shoots clean; no unburned 

grains to "blow back." Will not deteriorate 

with age. Waterproof. Bulk 

A perfect shotgun powder with light recoil. 
Unlike other powders of light recoil, Schultze 
gives high velocity and remarkable patterns. 
The longest amateur run on targets— 426 
STRAIGHT— was made during 1910 with 
this powder. 





Bulk 

Gives highest velocity and greatest penetra- 
tion of any powder on the market. Moderate 
recoil. No "blow back." Burns clean. 

FMPIRP 

^^ A PERFECT ^Hl 

BULK SMOKELESS POWDER 

Low breech pressure — Almost entire absence 
of recoil. Clean and quick. 




Bulk 

Hard grain — Smokeless — Uniform. Requires 
no special wadding to make it do its best. 
Loaded just as easily as Black Powder. 
"The Old Time Favorite." 



BE A TRAPSHOOTER 

Get acquainted with the most fascinating, healthful and exhilarating outdoor sport ever invented. 
Closely parallels actual hunting conditions. The sport that'll give you a steady hand, a clear eye, 
and keen, quick judgment. Our illustrated book "The Sport Alluring" tells all about it. 
Writa for your copy. 

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS POWDER CO. 



Established 1802 



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Pioneer Powder Makers of America 




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THE WHITE FLAG. 
Dra^^■n by Carl Rungius. From Forest and Stream. 



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SHOOT A 

SAUER GUN 

THE GUN OF QUALITY 

THE mechanical perfection of these guns makes it 
impossible for them to shoot loose. The workmanship 
and finish is unsurpassed. Strip one from butt to muzzle, 
compare it with any other machine-made gun and you will find 
our statements substantiated. Smooth action, hard shooting and accuracy are 
combined to make this 

THE PERFECT GUN. 




SAUER MAUSER RIFLES 



Light weight, accurate, with the simplest and strongest breech mechanism; 
powerful enough for the largest game. The SAUER MAUSER is the 
choice of the discerning sportsman who knows that the best is none too good 
when going after big game. 

WRITE FOR CATALOGS 

Sdiovertuig Daly S Qalej 

302-304 Broadway 



Corner Duane Street 



NEW YORK CITY 



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We Carry the Most Complete Stock 
of High Grade Shotguns in America 

Francotte Guns Knockabout Guns 

from $100 to $650. $60. Automatic ejectors, $80. 

10, 12, 16, 20 and 28 gauges. 

Also Jos. Lang & Son, J. Purdey & Sons, Westley- Richards, and 
other leading makes, also L. C. Smith, Fox, Ithaca, Parker, etc. 

We make a specialty in fitting gentlemen and ladies with properly 
stocked guns. Our salesmen have had a great deal of experience 
in this line and we have helped hundreds of sportsmen to improve 
their shooting at game or at the traps. 



G^at Haniloaild ShotguH Ammuiution 

We annually load the ammunition for hundreds of the most particu- 
lar sportmen in the country as they want it and when they 
want it. 



i;t,Yvf; CURTIS'S & HARVEY 

Diamond <2^ Grain Smokeless Powder 

positively combines the best points of the dense powders with all 
the advantages of bulk powders, making it superior to either. 
C. & H. <^ Grain Powder can now be loaded in shotgun shells 
or furnished in bulk by 

VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD 

200 Fifth Avenue NEW YORK 

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GAME LAWS IN BRIEF. 



^X:i:^o^^ Waffenfabrik Mauser, 

OBERNDORF a./N., GERMANY. 

and have 
added t o 
our line of 
well known 
Mauser 
Arms, the latest and most perfect 

Automatic Pocket 
Pistol 

on the market. Caliber 6.35., 10 shots. 
The neatest, handiest, most powerful, accurate, 
automatic 25-cahber pocket pistol ever sold. 
No tools needed for taking gun apart and re- 
assembling it. Price, $13.50. 

Mauser Sporting Rifles, 7 mm., 8 mm., 10.5 mm. with and 
without telescopes, $40 to $ 1 00. 

Mauser 7.63 mm. Combination Automatic Pistol and 
Carbine, 1 shots. Known the world over as one of the most 
deadly weapons for defense or offense in existence. Price, $27.50. 




Mannlicher-Schoenauer Rifles 

with and without telescopes, continue to command the choice of 
leading sportsmen who want a light weight, yet powerful faultlessly 
made rifle. Calibers 6.5, 8 and 9 mm. Price, $55 to $105. 



Largest stock of High Grade Golf Goods, Tennis, etc. in New 
York City. Photo Supplies, Novelties, Fishing Tackle, Sports- 
men's Clothing, etc., etc. 

VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD 

200 Fifth Avenue NEW YORK 

^^'hell writing' iilease nifiition "Game Laws in Briel'." 



!yioY 21 tan injex, January i, 1912. 

ffi^" The laws given on the pages indicated in this index are printed as 
revised to January 1, 1912. 



1^" For general provisions see pages 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



Alabamat 34. 
Alaska, 87. 
Arizona, 54. 
ArKansci/S, 91- 
California, 70. 
Colorado, 80. 
Connecticut, 90. 
Uelawc4.re, 90 
Dist. ColumDia, 24. 
Federal Law, 92. 
Florida,, 52. 
Georg'i i, o9, 
Hawaii 79. 
Idaho, 61 
Illinois, 18. 
Indiu.n'i, 14. 
Iowa, 28. 
Kansas, 31- 
Kentuclcy, 88 
Lace^r aw, 92. 
Louisiana, 53. 
M line. 8 
Maryland, 66. 
Md. County Laws, 67. 
Ma.»>sacuuF,<'t s. 21 



Michigan. 56. 
Minnesota, 58. 

lVi.lS^iSat|^, 1. l2. 

Missouri, 68. 
Montana, 69. 
^el^raska, 17. 
Nevada, 30. 
New Hamps iire, 46. 
New Jersey, 42. 
New Mexico. 49. 
New York, 35. ^^ 
North Carolina, 86. 
Nortn Dakota, 32. 
Oklahoma (see below). 
Ohio, 29. 
Oregon, 62., 
Pennsylvania, 73. 
Rhode Island, 88. 
South Carolina, 9 1 . 
South Dakota, 81. 
Sunday. 6. 
Tennessee, 49. 
Texas ' 6. 
lUtah 55. ^^ 
'Vermont, 84. 



Virginia, 50. 
\i ashii.gton, 25. 
West Virginia. 13. 
Wisconsin. 76. 
Wyoming, b 2. 
Yellowstone Park, 12 

CANADA. 

Angling Permits, 102. 
Customs, 101. ^ , ^^ 
Export of Tri.ut, 101. 
Export of Game, 101. 

Alberta, 99. ^^^ 
Br. Columbia, 100. 
Manitoba, 98 
New^ Brunswick, 96. 
Newfoundland, 100. 
Nova Scotia, 97. 
Ontario, 93. , _ ^^ 
Prince Edw^ard Is., 99 
Quebec, 95. ^- 

Saskatchewan, 99- 
Yukon, 102. 



OKLAHOMA.— Resident hunting license required; fee, $1.25; issued by 
some wnrden or county clerk. T.icense not required to hunt on own lands^ 
iTen license fee. $25. Close season for quail Nov. 15 to Feb. 1. Otherw.se 
laws as on page 33. . 



THOMAS J. 



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TRADE 



MARK 



IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF 

Fishing Tackle, Guns and 

Ammunition, Sporting 

Goods and Cutlery. 

Riflemen's Specialties. 

No. 28 JOHN STREET, 



Corner Nassau Street. 



NEW YORK. 



WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT IT 



"Tackle That Is Worth Fishing With" 

ALL FISHERMEN KNOW THE VALUE OF GOOD TACKLE 

Split Bamboo Rods, from $1.00 to $15.00 (for fresh and salt water). Conroy's Silver King Reels Conroy' 

Silver Kin« Lines. Conroy's Cuttyhunk Lines. Hercules Waterproof Lines, H«"'^-^ ^ea^ers Guns. 

Rifles. Revolvers and Ammunition. Dog Collars. Golf. Tennis and Baseball Supplies. 

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NOV 25 m^ 



STEVENS 



an* 



High Power '^ Repeating Rifles 

NUMBERS 425 TO 440 



THE design is compact, the lines symmetrical, the 
mechanism safe and efficient. These features, 
combined with the renowned accuracy of 
STEVENS rifle barrels, make these the most desirable 
High Power Rifles that can be purchased at any 
price. 

^ Made in 25, 30-30, 32 and 35 calibres, using any 
standard make of rimless cartridges marked Rem. Auto- 
Loading. Six cartridges may be carried — five in the 
magazine and one in the barrel. 

STEVENS "HIGH POWER" REPEATING 

RIFLES, Nos. 425, 430, 435, 440 

HAVE NO EQUAL ! 

List Prices Range From $20 to $90 

Ask Your Dealer Send for Detailed Descriptive Matter 

Insist on Stevens 

J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. 

p. O. BOX 5669 

Chicopee Falls . - . Massachusetts 

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Self -Loading Shotgun 

12 GAUGE, MODEL 1911 

The Winchester Self-Loading Shotgun has all the 
good points of other recoil-operated shotguns and 
also rnany distinctive and exclusive features which 
sportsmen have been quick to appreciate and en- 
dorse. Among them are Nickel steel construction 
throughout ; a receiver made with the Winchester 
patented "Bump of Strength" which gives the gun 
surpassing strength and safety; divided recoil, which 
minimizes the "kick" to the last degree; and a re- 
loading system which requires no readjustment for 
different loads. The Winchester Self-Loader will 
shoot any standard load from a " Blank " to the 
heaviest with certainty and safety, without tink- 
ering the action. Also it is a two-part take-down 
without any loose parts. These are only a few 
of the many good points about this gun. To 
fully appreciate its superiority, you should see it. 

Look one over at your dealer's, or send 
to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 
New Haven, Conn., for descriptive circular 

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